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1 " He shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he’s handsome, Nelly, but because he‘s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same, and Linton's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire. (Catherine about Heathcliff and Linton, ch. IX, p. 81) "
― , Wuthering Heights
2 " and the more hurt she gets, the more venomous she grows. a "
3 " i pray every night that i may live after him; because i would rather be miserable than that he should be (cathy about edgar, ch. VIII, p. 231) "
4 " mr heathcliff, you have nobody to love you; and, however miserable you make us, we shall still have the revenge of thinking that your cruelty rises from your greater misery! (cathy to heathcliff, ch. XV, p. 288) "
5 " Try for yourself, if that be your spirit. I have done, and yield the argument to your saucy insolence. "
6 " I'm an angel! Goodbye! In this self-complacent conviction she departed. "
7 " Se si fosse sempre buoni e obbedienti verso quelli che sono crudeli e ingiusti, i cattivi avrebbero il sopravvento: non avrebbero mai paura e così non cambierebbero mai e diventerebbero sempre peggiori. Quando ci colpiscono senza ragione, dovremmo reagire colpendo ancora più forte; sono certa che dovremmo: tanto forte da insegnare a chi ci ha colpito a non colpirci più. "
― , Jane Eyre
8 " «Το πρόσωπο και οι κινήσεις σας θα πάρουν περισσότερη ζωντάνια και περισσότερη ποικιλία στις εκφράσεις τους, κάτι που το εμποδίζει τώρα η ατολμία σας. Στιγμές- στιγμές, βλέπω στα μάτια σας το βλέμμα ενός περίεργου πουλιού που κοιτάζει μέσα απ’ τα κάγκελα του κλουβιού του. Ενός πουλιού φυλακισμένου, που είναι όμως γεμάτο ζωή, ανησυχία, αποφασιστική ορμή. Αν μπορούσε να ελευθερωθεί, θα ξεπετιόταν και θα ορμούσε ψηλά, στα σύννεφα…» "