“Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers After such years of change and suffering!”

— Emily Brontë, "Remembrance", st. 3, 1846

About Emily Brontë

1818 – 1848

English novelist and poet, author of 'Wuthering Heights' (1847).

“I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas.”

“Shall Earth no more inspire thee, Thou lonely dreamer now?”

“The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go.”

“All becoming and growing—all that guarantees a future—involves pain.”

“I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain.”

“On the face of this aged queen of our cathedrals, by the side of a wrinkle, one always finds a scar.”

“All changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born.”

“Only out of stir and change is born new salvation.”

“Young people suffer less from their faults than from the prudence of the old.”