Quote by Emily Brontë

“Catherine, who was extremely modest, had no desire to shine, and on most social occasions, as they are called, you would have found her…

— Henry James

“Then came the night when she held him close as a second great wave of anger smashed over him. This time it was anger…

— Nina George

“Catherine usually sat by me, but to- day she stole nearer to Hareton; and I presently saw she would have no more discretion in…

— Emily Brontë

“Throughout her career, Catherine seems to have believed that simply by reiterating her demands over and over she could either convince her opponents of…

— Nancy Goldstone

“Catherine had not understood all that she said; her attention was given to enjoying Marian’s ease of manner and flow of ideas.”

— Henry James

'Happy Valley' is an extraordinary piece and it was not necessarily about Catherine but her part in the narrative.

— Sarah Lancashire

Her companion's discourse now sunk from its hitherto animated pitch, to nothing more than a short, decisive sentence of praise or condemnation on the…

— Jane Austen

“Catherine was clever, but even a clever woman misses some of the strange corridors in a man.”

— John Steinbeck

“We stared at each other, bound by common experience, but each looking at the other through the steady crosshairs of inherent distrust.”

— David Grant Urban

“[H]is first purpose was to explain himself, and before they reached Mr. Allen's grounds he had done it so well that Catherine did not…

— Jane Austen

“Sentiment would undo her - each of its ties were a tether that would hold her from her purpose. Men, perhaps, might nourish both…

— Rachel Kadish

“This was the difference, she thought, between solitude and isolation. And now she knew something about herself she hadn’t known before. It was an…

— James S.A. Corey