WIST

Love is like the wild-rose briar;
Friendship is like the holly-tree.
The holly is dark when the rose briar blooms,
But which will bloom most constantly?

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) British novelist, poet
“Love and Friendship” (1839)

I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) British novelist, poet
Wuthering Heights (1847)

A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad … and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) British novelist, poet
Wuthering Heights, ch. 7 (Nelly) (1847)

‘A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad,’ I continued, ‘if you were a regular black; and a bad one will turn the bonniest into something worse than ugly.’

Emily Brontë (1818-1848) British novelist, poet
Wuthering Heights, ch. 7 [Nelly to Heathcliff] (1847)

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