"Hereafter she is only my sister in name;……" — Emily Bronte
"Hereafter she is only my sister in name; not because I disown her, but because she has disowned me."
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145 Quotes by Emily Bronte
Emily Bronte has 145 quotes on this site.
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.
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I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have…
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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
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A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving…
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If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.
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Honest people don't hide their deeds.
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I see heaven's glories shine and faith shines equal.
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Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, but which…
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I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to…
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A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad and a bad one will turn the bonniest…
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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
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I cannot express it: but surely you and everybody have a notion that there is, or should be, an existence…
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More Disown Quotes
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When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of…
— Tertullian
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The man who partakes in the breaking of the bread dares to build his house on the very core of…
— Francois Mauriac
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I write fiction because it's a way of making statements I can disown.
— Tom Stoppard
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I can no more disown (Jeremiah Wright) than I can disown the black community. I can no more disown him…
— Barack Obama
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The more separated we become from the Earth, the more hostile we become to the feminine. We disown our passion,…
— Alberto Villoldo
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Feminism's failings do not mean we should eschew feminism entirely. People do terrible things all the time, but we don't…
— Roxane Gay
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My family didn't find out until I told them, which was when I won Penthouse Pet of the Year. They…
— Unknown Author
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The most effective way to defeat patriarchy is to defy and disown its self-legitimating narrative.
— John Lamb Lash
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Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes…
— Maxwell Caulfield
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Barack Obama and Jimmy Hoffa are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Lady Gaga and hype, the 'Jersey Shore' cast and hairspray:…
— Michelle Malkin
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The challenge to writers today, I think, is not to disown any part of our heritage. Whatever our theme in…
— Eudora Welty
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When Bangladesh refused to renew my passport, I used U.N. travel documents. You can't disown your country.
— Taslima Nasrin
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