--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Yes,' said Catherine, stroking his long…" description: "\"“Yes,' said Catherine, stroking his long soft hair, 'if I could only get papa's consent, I'd spend half my time with you - Pretty Linton! I wish you we..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/emily-bronte-574_papa_yes-said-catherine-stroking-his-long-sof_1621120.png" --- # Yes,' said Catherine, stroking his long soft hair, 'if I… ![“Yes,' said Catherine, stroking his long soft hair, 'if I could only get papa's consent, I'd spend half my time with you - Pretty Linton! I wish you were my brother.' 'And then you would like me as well as your father?' observed he more cheerfully. 'But papa says you would love me better than him…” quote by Emily Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/emily-bronte-574_papa_yes-said-catherine-stroking-his-long-sof_1621120.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/emily-bronte-574_papa_yes-said-catherine-stroking-his-long-sof_1621120.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/emily-bronte-574_papa_yes-said-catherine-stroking-his-long-sof_1621120.png) > ““Yes,' said Catherine, stroking his long soft hair, 'if I could only get papa's consent, I'd spend half my time with you - Pretty Linton! I wish you were my brother.' 'And then you would like me as well as your father?' observed he more cheerfully. 'But papa says you would love me better than him, and all the world, if you were my wife-so I'd rather you were that!' 'No! I should never love anybody better than papa,' she returned gravely. 'And people hate their wives, sometimes; but not their sisters and brothers, and if you were the latter, you would live with us, and papa would be as fond of you, as he is of me.”” [Emily Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. A dialogue explores love, loyalty, and familial duty, highlighting conflicts between personal desire and social expectations. **In simple terms:** Love, duty, and family expectations clash. Key Takeaway Balance personal desire with responsibility. 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He says there are sixty-five million specimens in this place, and if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-doerr/papa-says-curses-are-only-stories-cooked-up-to-deter-thieves-he-says/) [Anthony Doerr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-doerr/) > [“I care nothing in comparison with papa. And I'll never -- never--oh, never while I have my senses, do an act or say a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/i-care-nothing-in-comparison-with-papa-and-i-ll-never-never-oh-never/) [Emily Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [ We're striving to stay in the arenas. We \[Papa Roach\] had just little things that just took our show a step up and were… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-palermo/we-re-striving-to-stay-in-the-arenas-we-papa-roach-had-just-little/) [Tony Palermo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-palermo/) > [I filled in for Papa Roach because we weren't doing much. 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I doubt whether I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/papa-talks-enough-of-my-defects-and-shows-enough-scorn-of-me-to-make/) [Emily Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [“Mama never told me I had a father.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/mama-never-told-me-i-had-a-father/) [Emily Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [The intense horror of nightmare came over me: I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/the-intense-horror-of-nightmare-came-over-me-i-tried-to-draw-back-my/) [Emily Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [“It is not in him to be loved like me: how can she love in him what he has not?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/it-is-not-in-him-to-be-loved-like-me-how-can-she-love-in-him-what-he/) [Emily Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/i-have-lost-the-faculty-of-enjoying-their-destruction-and-i-am-too/) [Emily Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/my-love-for-heathcliff-resembles-the-eternal-rocks-beneath-a-source/) [Emily Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [Tis moonlight, summer moonlight, All soft and still and fair; The solemn hour of midnight Breathes sweet thoughts everywhere, But most where trees are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/tis-moonlight-summer-moonlight-all-soft-and-still-and-fair-the-solemn/) [Emily Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) > [“It expressed, plainer than words could do, the intense anguish at having made himself the instrument of thwarting his own revenge. Had it been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/it-expressed-plainer-than-words-could-do-the-intense-anguish-at/) [Emily Brontë](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) [Explore all 400 Emily Brontë quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) ## More Papa quotes > [Scars by Papa Roach. <3](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophielianne/scars-by-papa-roach-3/) [Sophielianne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophielianne/) > [I filled in for Papa Roach because we weren't doing much. Unwritten Law had a few more shows booked, but I got the call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-palermo/i-filled-in-for-papa-roach-because-we-weren-t-doing-much-unwritten/) [Tony Palermo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-palermo/) > [ We're striving to stay in the arenas. 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Where?” He came through an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristin-cashore/papa-she-said-turning-in-circles-now-spinning-to-look-at-each-of-the/) [Kristin Cashore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristin-cashore/) > [The other day when we were reading The Little Mermaid again, at the part where it says that only human souls can go up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ekaterina-gordeeva/the-other-day-when-we-were-reading-the-little-mermaid-again-at-the/) [Ekaterina Gordeeva](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ekaterina-gordeeva/) > [The child that is not clean and neat, With lots of toys and things to eat, He is a naughty child, I'm sure-- Or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-louis-stevenson/the-child-that-is-not-clean-and-neat-with-lots-of-toys-and-things-to/) [Robert Louis Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-louis-stevenson/) > [I was criticized at some level within the Republican Party by those who say government should not be in the economic development business at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-huntsman-jr/i-was-criticized-at-some-level-within-the-republican-party-by-those/) [Jon Huntsman, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-huntsman-jr/) > [He was just hungry, Papa. 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