It is astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared with him.

Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.

I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after.

Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.

Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!' he said. 'It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God! Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!

I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I will walk where my own nature would be leading.

No coward soul is mine.

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.

Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies.

I could forget that part, but it had to have been true.

If there is a God you must see it (literally), even clearer than you see this page, otherwise it is better not to believe. It is better to be an outspoken atheist, than a hypocrite.

By the end of the affair, she had acquired so much miserable information about men and women she almost decided to give up relationships for good.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

Feelings can be controlled and behavior can be controlled. The line of sin is between the feelings and the behavior. The line of prudence is between the susceptibility and the feelings.

I love to interact with people, but there is a time and place for everything.

Go from good to great because good is the enemy of great.

A sense of humor is regarded as a sign of mental health - apart from excessive punning, which is another matter entirely.

To be liberated, woman must feel free to be herself, not in rivalry to man but in the context of her own capacity and her personality.

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.