Emily Brontë citáty

„Stačí dobré srdce, a budeš krásný, kdybys měl tvář třeba jako uhel černou. Zlé srdce zohyzdí sebekrásnější obličej ještě víc, než kdyby byl od přírody nehezký.´´“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

„Nemohu žít, odešel mi život!
Nemohu žít, odešla mi duše!´´“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

„Hořela příliš jasně pro tento svět.“

—  Emily Brontë

„Moje láska k Lintonovi je jako list v lese – čas ji zeslabí, to vím, tak jako v zimě opadají stromy. Ale má láska k Heathcliffovi je jako ty věčné skály pod lesem – ne oku pro radost, ale podstata života. Já jsem Heathcliff, Nelly!“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

„Můj život těžký byl – to dodalo mi moudrosti.“

—  Emily Brontë

„K čemu bych byla stvořena, kdybych měla zůstat uzavřena jen sama v sobě? Kdyby všechno ostatní propadlo zkáze a jen on tu zůstal, žila bych i já, kdyby tu ale zůstalo všechno a jen jeho stihl zmar, svět by se mi proměnil v úplnou cizinu - neměla bych tu co dělat!´´“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

„Není to člověk a nezaslouží si nejmenší cit. Dala jsem mu srdce, on je vzal, zmučil je k smrti a hodil mi je zpátky. Cítím srdcem, a když mi srdce roztříštil, nejsem schopna mít cit. Nelituji ho, i kdyby celý život pronaříkal.´´“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

„I have not broken your heart - you have broken it; and in breaking it, you have broken mine.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Heathcliff (Ch. XIV).
Zdroj: Wuthering Heights (1847)
Kontext: I was a fool to fancy for a moment that she valued Edgar Linton's attachment more than mine; if he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. And Catherine has a heart as deep as I have; the sea could be as readily contained in that house-trough as her whole affection be monopolized by him. Tush! He is scarcely a degree dearer to her than her dog, or her horse. It is not in him to be loved like me; how can she love in him what he has not?

„He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Varianta: Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same
Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„She was a wild, wicked slip of a girl. She burned too brightly for this world.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Varianta: She burned too bright for this world.
Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss where I can not find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Heathcliff (Ch. XVI).
Zdroj: Wuthering Heights (1847)
Kontext: Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living! You said I killed you — haunt me then! The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe; I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always — take any form — drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss where I can not find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul!

„Hush, my darling! Hush, hush, Catherine! I'll stay. If he shot me so, I'd expire with a blessing on my lips.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me. People feel with their hearts, Ellen, and since he has destroyed mine, I have not power to feel for him.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

„And yet I cannot continue in this condition! I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat!“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Heathcliff (Ch. XXXIII).
Zdroj: Wuthering Heights (1847)
Kontext: I have neither a fear, nor a presentiment, nor a hope of death. Why should I? With my hard constitution, and temperate mode of living, and unperilous occupations, I ought to, and probably shall remain above ground, till there is scarcely a black hair on my head. And yet I cannot continue in this condition! I have to remind myself to breathe — almost to remind my heart to beat! And it is like bending back a stiff spring — it is by compulsion that I do the slightest act, not prompted by one thought; and by compulsion that I notice anything alive or dead, which is not associated with one universal idea. I have a single wish, and my whole being and faculties are yearning to attain it. They have yearned towards it so long and so unwaveringly, that I’m convinced it will be reached — and soon — because it has devoured my existence. I am swallowed up in the anticipation of its fulfilment. My confessions have not relieved me — but they may account for some otherwise unaccountable phases of humour which I show. Oh, God! It's a long fight, I wish it were over!

„It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.“

—  Emily Brontë, kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Nelly Dean (Ch. X).
Zdroj: Wuthering Heights (1847)
Kontext: She seemed almost over fond of Mr. Linton; and even to his sister she showed plenty of affection. They were both very attentive to her comfort, certainly. It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.