Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) was a British writer and poet. She wrote her only novel, Wuthering Heights, under the pen name Ellis Bell.

No coward soul is mine,
No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere...

Sourced quotes

• "A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone."    

Simple: If a person who has not done before ten o'clock (10:00 AM) a half of the work he needs to do that day, he may not do the other half of the work that day.

• "Having leveled my palace, don't erect a hovel and complacently admire your own charity in giving me that for a home."    

Simple: After you smashed my palace, do not make me a small house and believe you are being kind to me by building the small house.

• "I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself."    

Simple: I am cured of wanting pleasure in society, in towns or away from towns. A wise man needs to find enough good society by being alone.

Other websites

• Emily Brontë on Wikipedia
• Works by Emily Bronë on the English Wikisource