“I had never understood her before, and that, as far as related to mind, it had been the creature of my own… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“In books too, as well as in music, she courted the misery which a contrast between the past and present was certain… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She looked back as well as she could; but it was all confusion. She had taken up the idea, she supposed and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There had been moments when she felt he had almost forgiven her. She would always remember those moments.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Absence with the conviction probably of her indifference, had produced this very natural and desirable effect.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She now lost every expectation of pleasure. They were confined for the evening at different tables, and she had nothing to hope,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“They were gone, she hoped, to be happy, however oddly constructed such happiness might seem; as for herself, she was left with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There is no reason in the world why you should not be important where you are known. You have good sense, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth was excessively disappointed...but it was her business to be satisfied — and certainly her temper to be happy; and all was… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“but yet it appeared to her so natural, so inevitable to strive against an inclination of that sort unrequited, that she could… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Ever since her being turned into a Churchill, she has out-Churchill'd them all in high and mighty claims.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“poor Isabella;—which poor Isabella, passing her life with those she doated on, full of their merits, blind to their faults, and always… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“As it happened that Elizabeth had much rather not, she endeavoured in her answer to put an end to every entreaty and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She began to feel that she had not yet gone through all the changes of opinion and sentiment, which the progress of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Sleep, or repose that deserved the name of sleep, was out of question. That room, in which her disturbed imagination had tormented… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She considered that there were misfortunes of a much greater magnitude than the loss of a ball experienced every day by some… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She was of course only too good for him; but as nobody minds having what is too good for them, he was… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...she ventured to recommend a larger allowance of prose in his daily study; and on being requested to particularise, mentioned such works… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“All the overpowering blinding, bewildering, first effects of strong surprise were over with her. Still, however, she had enough to feel! It… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The real evils, indeed, of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She was persuaded that under every disadvantage of disapprobation at home, and every anxiety attending his profession, all their probable fears, delays,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“it is very well worth-while to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Everybody is taken in at some period or another. [...] In marriage especially. [...] There is not one in a hundred of either sex,… — Jane Austen Copy Share
She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“It raises my spleen more than any thing, to have the pretence of being asked, of being given a choice, and at the same… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Eliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
