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message 1: by Marina (new)

Marina Lyubarsky ~☆ Alice♥♥ wrote: "Heathcliff didn't have a big heart as he destroyed most everyone."

Heathcliff's heart was enormous, but had room only for Catherine. :)


message 2: by [deleted user] (new)

And he was even mean to her.


message 3: by Marina (last edited Aug 28, 2014 05:02PM) (new)

Marina Lyubarsky He was madly in love with her. She was his soul. Couples are mean to each other sometimes. That's life.

“If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day.” -Heathcliff


message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

We all have different definitions of love. I knew a guy and when his wife left him he said he just hoped she would find happiness but he would love her forever. He didn't torture her or stalk her after she left. I thought that was incredibly unusual and probably real love.


message 5: by Marina (new)

Marina Lyubarsky ~☆ Alice♥♥ wrote: "We all have different definitions of love. I knew a guy and when his wife left him he said he just hoped she would find happiness but he would love her forever. He didn't torture her or stalk her..."

Love comes in lots of forms. Heathcliff's was much more severe than most of us are used to, but it was real nevertheless. The guy you knew sounds like a good man. :)


message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

I am sure it does but I think in Heathcliff's case it was partly about owning her. Like she was property. he probably couldn't help it. I think she should have gone far away from him where he couldn't find her.

I have always remembered that as I never knew anyone who had his idea of love before. Very rare.


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