"I am convinced that anyone who thinks this is a romance has only ever browsed the most famous quotes and never actually read it all the way through.

I hope the Brontë sisters are receiving a lot of excellent therapy in the afterlife.


The writing in this is just... ugh. Beautiful.

"He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I’m well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath: a source of little visible delight, but necessary."

"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger."

"The entire world is a collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her."

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

""How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?""

"This book captures the magic and history of Chicago and bolstered my pride for a city that I love, all while telling a horrifying story of a serial killer. A treat to read. "

"This is an excellent book but a terrible romance - Edward Rochester they could never make me like you"