I pray every night that I may live after him; because I would rather be miserable than that he should be โ that proves I love him better than myself.
Emily BronteThe entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her.
Emily BronteHe had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, 'till Catherine crossed his path. Shame at her scorn, and hope of her approval, were his first prompts to higher pursuits; and, instead of guarding him from one and winning him to the other, his endeavors to raise himself had produced just the contrary result.
Emily Bronte