“Your presence is a moral poison that would contaminate the most virtuous”

“The nuisance of her presence outweighs the gratification to be derived from tormenting her”

“Really, Miss Catherine, how can I know?' I replied. 'To be sure, considering the exhibition you performed in his presence this afternoon, I might say it would be wise to refuse him: since he asked you after that, he must either be hopelessly stupid or a venturesome fool.”

“Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?”

“Then you believe I care more for my own feelings than yours, Cathy?" he said. "No, it was not because I disliked Mr. Healthcliff, but because Mr. Healthcliff dislikes me and is a most diabolical man, delighting to wrong and ruin those he hates, if they give him the slightest opportunity. I knew that you could not keep up an acquaintance with your cousin without being brought into contact with him; and I knew he would detest you, on my account; so for your own good, and nothing else, I took precautions that you should not see Linton again.”

“If you ever looked at me once with what I know is in you, I would be your slave.”

“What kind of living will it be when you - Oh, God! Would you like to live with your soul in the grave?”