He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen. - Emily Brontë

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He... was attached by ties stronger than reason could break — chains, forged by habit, which it would be cruel to attempt to loosen.

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About Emily Brontë

Emily Jane Brontë (30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, known as the Brontë sisters. Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was first published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

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Pen Names: Ellis Bell
Alternative Names: Emily Jane Bronte Emily Jane Brontë Emily Bronte Emily (Jane) Brontë

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She started writing notes and keeping them under her pillow, and then she started writing them on her pillowcase, hoping they would help her have better dreams. And if she couldn’t sleep, she could just read them and be reminded of something so stunningly beautiful that her heart would swell and her bones would sigh and for just a second, the world would not seem like it was going to crush her.

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