How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
I was superstitious about dreams then, and am still; and Catherine had an unusual gloom in her aspect, that made me dread something from which I might shape a prophecy, and foresee a fearful catastrophe. (9.85)
Nelly reveals a bit about herself in her anxiety over Catherine's odd behavior. But, as with other examples, she also tells us a bit about her character and thus the nature of her narration. She, like the Gimmerton villagers, is a little irrational (and paranoid).
Quote #5
It's a rough journey, and a sad heart to travel it; and we must pass by Gimmerton Kirk to go that journey! We've braved its ghosts often together, and dared each other to stand among the graves and ask them to come. (12.52)
As children, Catherine and Heathcliff feared nothing—though violence and rage were everyday experiences. The ghosts that children usually fear were not scary to them because they had each other. Later Heathcliff will yearn for Catherine's ghost to haunt him.
Quote #6
"Oh! you said you cared nothing for my sufferings! And I pray one prayer—I repeat it till my tongue stiffens—Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest as long as I am living; you said I killed you—haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers, I believe. I know that ghosts have wandered on earth. Be with me always—take any form—drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" (16.25)
To Heathcliff, a life without love is not worth living. In this brief speech, he reveals his anger toward Catherine, which is rare. Usually his rage is directed at any one but Catherine.