“I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A lucky guess is never merely luck. There is always some talent in it. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
And have you never known the pleasure and triumph of a lucky guess? I pity you. I thought you cleverer; for depend… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She had always wanted to do every thing, and had made more progress in both drawing and music than many might have… — 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
