“ You're too young to rest always contented, living by yourself ”
Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights (1847). copy citation
Author | Emily Brontë |
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Source | Wuthering Heights |
Topic | youth loneliness |
Date | 1847 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/768/768-h/768-h.htm |
Context
“'These things happened last winter, sir,' said Mrs. Dean; 'hardly more than a year ago. Last winter, I did not think, at another twelve months' end, I should be amusing a stranger to the family with relating them! Yet, who knows how long you'll be a stranger? You're too young to rest always contented, living by yourself; and I some way fancy no one could see Catherine Linton and not love her. You smile; but why do you look so lively and interested when I talk about her? and why have you asked me to hang her picture over your fireplace? and why—?'
'Stop, my good friend!' I cried. 'It may be very possible that I should love her; but would she love me?” source
'Stop, my good friend!' I cried. 'It may be very possible that I should love her; but would she love me?” source