She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise… — 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
“I saw you thro' a telescope and was so struck by your Charms that from that time to this I have not… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Of course I love her, but there are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“They found Mr. Bennet still up. With a book he was regardless of time;...” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“My illness, I well knew, had been entirely brought on by myself by such negligence of my own health, as I had… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How then was I to be--to be in love with him the moment he said he was with me? how was I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Neither the dissipations of the past--and she had lived very much in the world, nor the restrictions of the present; neither sickness… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Your countenance perfectly informs me that you were in company last night with the person, whom you think the most agreeable in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“One consolation however remained for them, to which the exigence of the moment gave more than usual propriety; it was that of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Sally, or rather Sarah (for what young lady of common gentility will reach the age of sixteen without altering her name as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Catherine- "How I hate the sight of an umbrella!" Mrs. Allen- "They are disagreeable things to carry. I would much rather take… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She longed to know what at the moment was passing in his mind, in what manner he thought of her, and whether,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Dear, dear Norland,' said Elinor, 'probably looks much as it always does at this time of year. The woods and walks thickly… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Their resemblance in good principles and good sense, in disposition and manner of thinking, would probably have been sufficient to unite them… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And such is your definition of matrimony and dancing. Taken in that light, certainly their resemblance is not striking; but I think… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Fanny Price was at this time just ten years old, and though there might not be much in her first appearance to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...and, perhaps, if I have very good luck, I may meet with another Mr. Collins in time.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment or are the result of previous study?” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Her resentment of such behaviour, her indignation at having been its dupe, for a short time made her feel only for herself.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Trusting that you will some time or other do me greater justice than you can do now. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Alas! with all her reasoning, she found, that to retentive feelings eight years may be little more than nothing.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I love to be reminded of the past, Edward – whether it be melancholy or gay, I love to recall it.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time,* and the changes of the human mind!’ And” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“…when people are waiting, they are bad judges of time, and every half minute seems like five.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“These were reflections that required some time to soften; but time will do almost every thing…” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by every body at times, whatever be their education or… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Time, you may be sure, will make one or the other of us think differently; and, in the meanwhile, we need not… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other… — 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
“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
