How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
"Were I in your place, I would frame high notions of my birth; and the thoughts of what I was should give me courage and dignity to support the oppressions of a little farmer!" (7.44)
Since he doesn't know where he is from, Heathcliff may as well imagine a noble and exotic background for himself. This piece of advice represents one of a handful of Nelly's attempts to provide useful guidance for Heathcliff. It also tells us that she likes a little fiction.
Quote #5
"I've no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn't have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now." (9.92)
Catherine realizes that Edgar is out of her league, but that doesn't stop her. As a child she ignored everyone else's dislike of Heathcliff, but now she allows Hindley's attitude and treatment of him to change how she feels. In that sense, Hindley really gets what he wants.
Quote #6
[Hindley] wished earnestly to see her bring honour to the family by an alliance with the Lintons, and as long as she let him alone she might trample on us like slaves, for aught he cared! (9.152)
Hindley has designs on the Lintons' social status. Nelly resents the treatment she receives from Catherine. Nelly (who is speaking here) may not be a slave, but she is a servant—yet more often than not she acts like a family member.