Wuthering Heights

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Quotes from Wuthering Heights

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"In loving him, I have destroyed myself."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"The past is never truly past; it haunts the present."
Nelly Dean History
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"I have crossed oceans of time to find you again."
Heathcliff
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"Death itself cannot separate what love has joined."
Catherine Earnshaw Love
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"She was the core of my being; without her, I am hollow."
Heathcliff Love
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"Forgiveness is a luxury neither of us can afford."
Heathcliff
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"I wish I could hold you and never let you go."
Heathcliff
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"He is most diabolical in his nature, yet capable of great tenderness."
Nelly Dean
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"The storm has passed, but its effects remain."
Nelly Dean
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"Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same—but my actions have proven otherwise."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"He's as fierce as a devil; he's as harsh as a winter wind."
Nelly Dean
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"The walls are closing in on me slowly."
Catherine Earnshaw Fear
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"I exist! I have not broken bonds; I am not confined."
Heathcliff Freedom
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"Love will make us mad."
Heathcliff Love
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"Time is a wheel, and we are caught upon it."
Nelly Dean Time
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"I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"Whatever we do, we're likely to do it wrong."
Nelly Dean Philosophy
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"He's more a human being than you are."
Cathy Linton Kindness
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"Wicked as the devil himself, perhaps—yet not as bad as you suppose."
Nelly Dean Truth
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"He shall never know how I love him."
Catherine Earnshaw Love
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"One word of real advice: throw pride away."
Nelly Dean Wisdom
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"My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each one from the beginning."
Catherine Earnshaw
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"The tyrant grinds down his slaves with cruelty that trashy nature permits; but a nature like mine gets tired of acting a farce."
Heathcliff Strength
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"Whatever I do, he'll be in the middle, and to his torture, till he dies."
Heathcliff
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"I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free."
Catherine Earnshaw Freedom
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"Vengeance is a kind of wild justice."
Heathcliff Justice
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"You lie! You are not for me! You are not for any earthly home!"
Cathy Linton Truth
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"Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves."
Nelly Dean Wisdom
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"I cannot let you burn me up, nor can I resist you."
Heathcliff Love
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"He's a human being. Be more charitable."
Nelly Dean Kindness