MILAN – The most famous phrases and aphorisms to celebrate the great English writer Emily Bronte, taken from her most famous novel ” Stormy Peaks “. Wuthering Heights
Written between October 1845 and June 1846, it was first published in 1847, under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. Though now considered a classic of English literature, Wuthering Heights was not enthusiastically received by critics; its innovative structure in fact made critics perplexed when it first appeared. From the beginning he was considered controversial and received mixed reviews as his depiction of the physical and mental cruelty described was unusually strong. Wuthering Heights has inspired many adaptations, including several films, radio and television dramas, a musical directed by Bernard J. Taylor, a ballet and three operas by Bernard Herrmann, Carlisle Floyd and Frederic Chaslin. To celebrate the memory of Emily Bronte,Stormy Peaks “:
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“I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have always remained with me, and that have changed my ideas; they have passed through time and through me, like wine through water, and have altered the color of my mind. ”
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“I gave him my heart and he only took it to crush it to death and throw it in my face. Human beings feel with their heart, Ellen, and since he destroyed mine, I can no longer have any feelings for him. ; I would like to prove it, not even if I saw him groaning to suffer from this moment until the day he dies, and even if he shed tears of blood for Catherine! ”
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“Here I can almost conceive how a love can last a lifetime: while until now I was absolutely convinced that no love could last a year.”
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“It is hard to forgive, and to look at those eyes, and to touch these worn hands. Kiss Me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive you for what you did to me. I love my killer; but your killer, how could I forgive him
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“I have led a very hard life since the day I ceased to hear your voice. But you must forgive me: because I fought only for you. ”
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“Sometimes we get compassionate for creatures unable to feel for themselves or for others.”
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“And you believe that your kindness has induced me to love you more deeply than I would if I deserved your love: and although I could not and cannot help but show you my nature, I regret it and I regret it; and I will regret it and regret it until I die. ”
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“I’m not going to tell him how much I love him, and not because he’s attractive, but because he’s more to me than I am.”
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“I love him more than myself, Ellen; and I know from this: every night I pray to be able to survive him, because I would rather be unhappy than know him unhappy. And the proof that I love her more than myself. ”
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“For what purpose would I exist, if I were all contained within myself
My great pains in this world have been Heathcliff’s pains, I have guessed and felt them all from the beginning. My big thought in life is him. If all else perished and he remained, I could continue to exist; but if all the rest lasted and he were annihilated, the world would become, for me, something immensely foreign: I would have the impression that I no longer belong to it. My love for Linton is like the foliage of the woods: time will transform it, I’m sure, like winter transforms plants. But my love for Heathcliff resembles hidden and immutable rocks; from little apparent joy but it is necessary. ”
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“And so he will never know how much I love him; and that is not because he is beautiful, Nelly, but because he is more me than myself. Whatever souls are made of, certainly his and mine are similar: and Linton’s is as different from ours as the moon is from a flash, or ice from fire. “
