“Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, While the world's tide is bearing me along; Other desires and other hopes beset me, Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong!”— Emily Brontë, Remembrance, st. 4 (1846)Share
“I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas.”— Emily BrontëShare
“The night is darkening round me, The wild winds coldly blow; But a tyrant spell has bound me And I cannot, cannot go.”— Emily BrontëShare
“Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be.”— Charles DickensShare
“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.”— Mary OliverShare
“Those who inflict must suffer, for they see The work of their own hearts, and this must be Our chastisement or recompense.”— Percy Bysshe ShelleyShare
“Love's very pain is sweet, But its reward is in the world divine Which, if not here, it builds beyond the grave.”— Percy Bysshe ShelleyShare
“Love, passionate young Love, how sweet it is / To have the bosom made a Paradise / By thee—life lighted by thy rainbow smile!”— Letitia Elizabeth LandonShare
