There is nothing quite like this novel with its rage and ragings, its discontent and angry restlessness. Wuthering Heights is a virgin's story.

They had created themselves together, and they always saw themselves, their youth, their love, their lost youth and lost love, their failures and memories, as a sort of living fiction.

the great is seldom a deterrent to the mediocre

[Charlotte Bronte] had thought of every maneuver for circumventing those stony obstructions of wives who would not remove themselves.

What in cat hell just happened?

She’s happier than Nicola. That’s probably true. Alcoholics can stop drinking but what is there for the children of alcoholics? Is it always too late? Probably. She doesn’t know.

Charm will win you friends

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

Next to the virtue, the fun in this world is what we can least spare.

The nicest gifts are those left, nameless and quiet, unburdened with love, or vanity, or the desire for attention.

For the people of God, the Word of God leaves pleasant bruises.

I really can't hate more than 5 or 10 years. Wouldn't it be terrible to be always burdened with those primary emotions you had at one time?

Reputation, like a face, is the symbol of its possessor and creator, and another can use it only as a mask.