| Quote | Novel | Author |
| 'Reader, I married him.' | |
| 'Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.' | |
| 'I wish I could always stay young and the picture could grow old.' | |
| “I sat in the sun on a bench; the animal within me licking the chops of memory; the spiritual side a little drowsed, promising subsequent penitence, but not yet moved to begin.' | |
| 'I have some doubts about it myself; so suppose you call me Guest, which is a family name, you know, and add William to it if you please.' | |
| 'Nelly, I am Heathcliff.' | |
| 'I have been pressing my elbows on the arms of my chair, and dreaming that I was standing on the bridge in front of Dorlcote Mill,' | |
| 'And the _'_____ knights and dames slept on in their tombs unknowing.' | |
| | Quote | Novel | Author |
| 'As the Manager of the Performance sits before the curtain on the boards, and, looks into the Fair, a feeling of profound melancholy comes over him' | |
| 'The blood is the life!' | |
| “I know you despise me; allow me to say, it is because you don't understand me.” | |
| 'Curiouser and curiouser!' | |
| 'Any woman who is sure of her own wits, is a match, at any time, for a man who is not sure of his own temper' | |
| 'Here you are, doggy! Good old Toby! Smell it, Toby, smell it!' | |
| “Words spoken cannot be recalled, and many a man and many a woman who has spoken a word at once regretted, are far too proud to express that regret.' | |
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