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Catherine Earnshaw Linton Quotes

11 of the best book quotes from Catherine Earnshaw Linton
01
“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.”
02
“He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
03
“Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! . . . It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!”
04
“I have not broken your heart—you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine. So much the worse for me that I am strong.”
05
“My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.”
06
“Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He’s always, always in my mind: not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself, but as my own being.”
07
“I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind. And this is one: I’m going to tell it—but take care not to smile at any part of it.”
08
“In my soul and in my heart, I’m convinced I’m wrong!”
09
“I’m tired of being enclosed here. I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in it.”
10
“He shall never know I love him.”
11
“You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!”
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