Quotations

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Heathcliff
"the clouded windows of hell flashed a moment towards me"
1 of 47
Hareton
"hanging a litter of puppies"
2 of 47
Isabella
"how powerful I should be possessing such an instrument"
3 of 47
Thrushcross Grange
"silver chains"
4 of 47
Pagenism
"planted ourselves in a flower pot"
5 of 47
Lintons
"vacant blue eyes"
6 of 47
Lockwood
"terror made me cruel"
7 of 47
Lockwood
'I pulled its wrist on to the broken pane, and rubbed it to and fro till the blood ran'
8 of 47
Cathy
"slapped me (Nelly) on the cheek"
9 of 47
Heathcliff
'dashed his (Hindley's) head repeatedly against the flags'
10 of 47
Hindley
'flung into the fire or dashed against the wall' aggression towards Hareton
11 of 47
Hindley attacks Nelly
'he held the knife in his hand and pushed its point between my teeth'
12 of 47
Isabella to Nelly
'snatched a dinner knife from the table and flung it at my head'
13 of 47
Heathcliff
'held a silent combat with his inward agony'
14 of 47
Isabella
'turning blue eyes black'
15 of 47
Heathcliff
"promise to hold your tongue and before that clock strikes you'll be a free woman"
16 of 47
Religion
"Burning our eyes out"
17 of 47
Heathcliff
'basilisk eyes'
18 of 47
Barriers
Hc 'took a stone and struck down the division'
19 of 47
Catherine 1
"It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff"
20 of 47
Catherine 1
"Heaven did not seem my home"
21 of 47
Thrushcross Grange
the gates at Thrushcross Grange 'were generally locked'
22 of 47
Nelly
"proud people breed sad sorrows"
23 of 47
Nelly
"a good heart will help you to a bonny face"
24 of 47
Heathcliff
"wolfish man"
25 of 47
Heathcliff
'an evil beast prowled between it and the fold, waiting his time to spring and destroy'
26 of 47
Wuthering Heights
'bleak winds and bitter northern skies'
27 of 47
Wuthering Heights
'frosty afternoon; the ground bare and the road hard and dry'
28 of 47
Heathcliff
'he knew himself a villain'
29 of 47
Heathcliff
'lone, wild and strange, he stood alike exempt from all affection and from all contempt'
30 of 47
Upper class
Heathcliff 'scorned the best as hypocrites who those deeds hid the bolder spirits plainly did'
31 of 47
Edgar
'shut himself up amongst books he'd never opened'
32 of 47
Edgar
'he possessed the power to depart as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed'
33 of 47
Catherine
"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"
34 of 47
Catherine
"they may bury me twelve feet deep, and throw the church down over me, but I won't rest till you are with me"
35 of 47
Bible
'roasted calf-skin'
36 of 47
Heathcliff
'he struggled to vanquish an access to violent emotion'
37 of 47
Byronic Hero
'I struggled only for you'
38 of 47
Heathcliff
"Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!"
39 of 47
Nelly
"he bred bad feeling in the house"
40 of 47
Society
HC "The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him; they crush those beneath them"
41 of 47
Revenge on Hindley
"I will have it back; and I'll have his gold too; and then his blood"
42 of 47
Heathcliff
"paint the house front in his blood"
43 of 47
Heathcliff to Hareton
"we'll see if one tree won't grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it!"
44 of 47
Hindley's wife
'she had neither money nor name to recommend her'
45 of 47
Heathcliff
half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in the depressed brows and eyes full of black fire
46 of 47
Catherine 2
"my cousin is a gentleman's son!"
47 of 47

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Card 2

Front

"hanging a litter of puppies"

Back

Hareton

Card 3

Front

"how powerful I should be possessing such an instrument"

Back

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Card 4

Front

"silver chains"

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

"planted ourselves in a flower pot"

Back

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