"This is, of course, subject to endless speculation. Emily's life remains an enigma because she was so very private, even with her sisters who knew her best. However, a line from another poet also named Emily (Dickinson) comes to mind: "to comprehend a nectar, requires sorest need ...""

"Yes. I don't know why it's so often assumed she had to derive her inspiration for Wuthering Heights from life experience. She intimates otherwise in these lines following. ( Her poetic intuition gave her a 'foresight' regarding the 'fleeting treacheries' this world has to offer) :

As children hope, with trustful breast,
I waited Bliss and cherished Rest.
"A thoughtful Spirit taught me soon
That we must long till life be done;
That every phase of earthly joy
Will always fade and always cloy--
"This I foresaw, and would not chase
The fleeting treacheries,

This poem bears a close comparison with Christina Rosetti's "The Heart Knoweth It's Own Bitterness""