Nelly Dean

Character in Wuthering Heights From: Wuthering Heights

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

88 quotes

"The dead are at peace."
Death
"You may be sensible of nothing now."
"This feud has worn us all down."
Perseverance
"Why do you deceive your uncle?"
"The dead are at peace, and we the living are tormented."
Death
"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; that wound the man that resorts to them worse than his enemy."
Wisdom
"He's always been a secret and a shame to everyone."
"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
Wisdom
"My happiness was complete if I could save my master."
Happiness
"His eyes are constantly bent on the ground."
"Whatever he may pretend, his heart is as hard as a stone."
"He does not know what it is to long for something he cannot have."
Wisdom
"They forgot me entirely, and forgot with me the existence of their childhood enmity."
Time
"The greatest punishment for our wrongs is often brought by ourselves."
Justice
"He's unreclaimed creature without refinement—without cultivation."
Education
"You see, Mr. Lockwood, in this world of ours there is no such thing as a free gift"
Truth
"One might have thought the lad was possessed of something diabolical at that period"
Fear
"Honest people don't hide their deeds"
Truth
"They have not yet forgotten that their chief is absent nearly two hours since dinner time"
Family
"I'll be content, if I have his forgiveness before I die"
"The company of a ghost and a phantom is not preferable to solitude"
Solitude
"I have a strong faith in ghosts"
Faith
"She's a strange child—not like other children"
Nature
"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends"
Wisdom
"He shall learn that revenge is a hollow victory"
Wisdom
"The chains of matrimony are heavy—especially when borne by one party"
"Pride is a luxury we cannot afford"
Wisdom
"Education cannot cure an evil heart"
Education