Wuthering Heights Quote Identification

“I gave him my heart, and he took and pinched it to death; and flung it back to me.”

Isabella about Heathcliff — describing the emotional abuse she suffered after marrying him.

“He’s more myself than I am.”

Catherine to Nelly — describing her unity with Heathcliff, her sense that they share one soul.

“If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be.”

Catherine to Nelly — showing her complete emotional dependence on Heathcliff.

“You have killed me—and thriven on it, I think.”

Catherine to Heathcliff — accusing him of destroying her with his presence and passion.

“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”

Catherine to Nelly — explaining the spiritual, unbreakable bond between her and Heathcliff.

“I seek no revenge on you.”

Edgar to Heathcliff — contrasting Edgar’s calm dignity with Heathcliff’s vengefulness.

“He’s just like a colt… not rough, but stubborn and wicked.”

Nelly about young Hareton — showing how Hareton is being raised without guidance under Heathcliff.

“I want you to be aware that I know you have treated me infernally.”

Isabella to Heathcliff — confronting him about his cruelty, after their marriage.

“Time brought resignation and a melancholy sweeter than common joy.”

Lockwood (narration) — reflecting on the quiet, haunting peace at the end of the story.

“I lingered round them… and wondered how anyone could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.”

Lockwood — final line of the novel, describing the graves of Catherine, Heathcliff, and Edgar.

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

Catherine to Nelly about Heathcliff — expressing her deep spiritual connection with him.

“I am Heathcliff!”

Catherine to Nelly — a passionate statement about her identity being tied to Heathcliff.

“It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now.”

Catherine to Nelly — explaining why she chose Edgar despite loving Heathcliff; reflects social conflict.

“I cannot live without my soul.”

Heathcliff to Nelly after Catherine’s death — showing he sees Catherine as his soul and self.

“I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free.”

Catherine in delirium — longing for her wild, free youth at Wuthering Heights.

“Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss.”

Heathcliff begging Catherine’s ghost to haunt him — revealing his desperate need to remain connected beyond death.

“Nelly, I am Heathcliff!”

Catherine to Nelly — again asserting the total unity of her identity with Heathcliff’s.

“You loved me—then what right had you to leave me?”

Heathcliff to dying Catherine — accusing her of emotional betrayal.

“He’s not a rough diamond—a pearl-containing oyster of a rustic: he’s a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man.”

Isabella about Heathcliff — realizing too late his cruelty and vengeful nature.

“He has nobody to love him now: and he’s loving nobody.”

Nelly about Heathcliff — describing his emotional isolation and bitterness.