Wuthering Heights Thoughts

I read Wuthering Heights actually over a year ago but I cannot get out of my head the searing passion between Catherine and Heathcliff. Though their love story a tragic one, isn't it beautiful? And though extreme, oh so common. We never want to admit when we love someone, we run, we hide, but in the end..."I am Heathcliff!"

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