Theme: Love as a creative and nurturing force versus love as an all-consuming and destructive force (8 of 8)

Examples

1. Chapter VIII: Page 66: "his sorrow...will not lament" "neither wept nor prayed" "cursed and defied": Hindley's love for his lost wife has consumed him in sorrow and pushed him to "reckless dissipation". The loss of his love one, and the power of love still in his heart for her, is acting as a destructive force, breaking him apart.
2. Chapter IX:Page 83:"If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it." Catherine's love for Heathcliff takes on two forms. She loves him so much that he makes up her existence and gives her a place in the universe. She also loves him so dearly that without him, she would feel alienated to the entire universe. Her love for Heathcliff defines her very being, it's creation, and it's destruction.
3. Chapter XIII:Page 138: "Edgar tended her" "his care by forming the source of constant future anxiety" "gratitude and joy for when Catherine's life was declared out of danger" "illusion that her mind would settle back to its right balance also, and she would be entirely her former self.": Hindley works to help nurture his ill wife Catherine out of love. His love for Catherine consumes him and acts a source of constant anxiety, acting as a destructive force against himself. Hindley not only nurtures Catherine, but also himself, as he is elated when Catherine begins to feel better. 
4. Chapter XVII:Page 178:"Catherine had an awfully perverted taste to esteem him so dearly" "He extinguished my love effectually" I could still be loving him if-no, no!" "Even if he had doted on me, the devilish nature would have revealed its existence":Isabella states that even if Heathcliff had doted on her with nurturing love it would not forever hide his inner-destructive nature. 
5. Chapter XXII:Page 240:"He was in earnest-in love" "he's dying for you" "unless you restore him": Heathcliff pleads that Linton is dying due to his love for Catherine. When Catherine stopped sending letters to Linton it cut off the nurturing power of their love and began to consume and destroy Linton's being. Only by returning the nurturing love of Catherine can Linton survive.
6. Chapter XXV:Page 266:"a portion of his income...a natural desire that she might retain" "he considered her only prospect of doing that was by a union with his heir":Out of love for his daughter, Edgar, desires that she have access to his fortune, even though this means that Heathcliff will be that much closer to gaining control of the Grange. His love for his daughter compels him to nurture her, but at the cost of destroying the Grange's protection from Heathcliff's consuming grasp.
7. Chapter XXIV:Page261:"your kindness has made me love you deeper than if I deserved your love" "though I could not": Linton is consumed by his love for Catherine but her kindness that fills him with love only makes him reflect upon his own destructive tendencies and passion. Her kindness nurtures him and lets him feel love but when compared to himself makes him feel inferior, breaking his own self image.
8. Chapter XXXIV:Page 348:"he has seen two on 'em" "There's Heathcliff, and a woman": Heathcliff's love of Catherine nurtures him in death as he has kept the company of her in the afterlife. It consumed him and even destroyed him in life, but finally in death together they are in peace.