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I could as soon forget you as my own life.

6 seconds sound clip from the Wuthering Heights (1939)) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:49:15 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Cathy. Oh, my life, my soul.

- Oh, my darling, don't let me go. Oh, if only I could hold you till we were both dead.

- Please, please don't speak of death.

- Will you forget me and be happy when I'm in the earth?

- Never. Never.

- Will you say of me, 'This is the grave of Catherine Earnshaw, I loved her long ago and wept to lose her... but all has passed'?

- I could as soon forget you as my own life.

- If you die, Cathy... if you die... there'll be no peace for me... ever.

- Poor Heathcliff.

- I want to die. To escape.

- Oh, why did you betray your heart? Cathy, you killed yourself.

- Ssh, my darling. Hold me. Just hold me.

[...]

Wuthering Heights (1939) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsMemorable quotes from Emily Brontë's novel, featuring sound clips from the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast version first aired on September 18, 1939 on CBS.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Cathy), Ida Lupino (Isabella Linton), Brian Aherne (Heathcliff), Thomas Freebairn-Smith (Edgar Linton), Kemball Cooper (Hindley), Marga Ann Deighton (Ellen)

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