"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."
"Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me."
"Treachery and violence are spears pointed at both ends; they wound those who resort to them worse than their enemies."
"She burned too bright for this world."
"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 the earth. Be with me always--take any form--drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!"
"You know that I could as soon forget you as my existence!"