Nelly Dean

Character in Wuthering Heights From: Wuthering Heights

Narrator and housekeeper; provides wise observations on human nature and morality

88 quotes

"The more the merrier the company you keep, the less you're alone."
Friendship
"He's a human being. Be more charitable."
Kindness
"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
Wisdom
"One word of real advice: throw pride away."
Wisdom
"Wicked as the devil himself, perhaps—yet not as bad as you suppose."
Truth
"Whatever we do, we're likely to do it wrong."
Philosophy
"Time is a wheel, and we are caught upon it."
Time
"He's as fierce as a devil; he's as harsh as a winter wind."
"The storm has passed, but its effects remain."
"He is most diabolical in his nature, yet capable of great tenderness."
"The past is never truly past; it haunts the present."
History
"He's a human being, not a brute animal."
"Cathy is a wicked slip nobody can tell what she will grow into."
"I would as soon put that little canary into the park on a winter's day, as recommend you to bestow your heart on him."
"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
Wisdom
"Love will make small cottages feel like castles."
Love
"He's as dark almost as if he came from the devil."
"She was much too fond of Heathcliff."
Love
"Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition."
Happiness
"The kinder you've been in life, the nearer you are to Heaven."
Kindness
"Honest people don't hide their deeds."
"Misery never came where true love was."
Love
"Blessed are the peace-makers."
Peace
"She's turning a cold shoulder to every suitor that comes near her."
Relationships
"He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."
Relationships
"She was never meant to be happy."
"The more the merrier, as the saying goes."
Humor
"The future is not yet written."
Hope
"Her spirit has found freedom in death."
Death
"The cruelty of time cannot be outrun."
Time