“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
“These were reflections that required some time to soften; but time will do almost every thing…” — 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
“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
“I am afraid I am not quite so much the man of the world as might be good for me in some… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young… — 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
“If there are young ladies in the world at her time of life more dull of fancy and more careless of pleasing,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Most unwilling was she to awaken from such a dream of felicity, to comprehend all the unhappy truths which attended the affair;… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“In that moment, as they stood smiling at one another, Charlotte was conscious of several contradictory sensations, of which the chief were… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The Longbourn party were the last of all the company to depart, and, by a manoeuvre of Mrs. Bennet, had to wait… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
My object then," replied Darcy, "was to show you, by every civility in my power, that I was not so mean as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“A woman of seven-and-twenty,” said Marianne, after pausing a moment, “can never hope to feel or inspire affection again, and if her… — 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
“Her tears fell abundantly—but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes—and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I am really not tired, which I almost wonder at; for we must have walked at least a mile in this wood.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Sir Thomas, indeed, was, by this time, not very far from classing Mrs. Norris as one of those well–meaning people who are… — 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
“The colour which had been driven from her face, returned for half a minute with an additional glow, and a smile of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“In time, we found a common interest in poetry. He reads nothing else. Day in, day out. Never happier he is than… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“You will excuse my being so much overpowered. If I find him conversible, I shall be glad of his acquaintance; but if… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“frankness of her character in her reply to the letter which announced its arrangement, she sent him language so very abusive, especially… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“even in the quieter professions, there is a toil and a labour of the mind, if not of the body, which seldom… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Here and there, human nature may be great in times of trial, but generally speaking it is its weakness and not its… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There was certainly at this moment, in Elizabeth's mind, a more gentle sensation towards the original, that she had ever felt in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“You are in a melancholy humour, and fancy that any one unlike yourself must be happy. But remember that the pain of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“But perseverance in humility of conduct and messages, in self-condemnation for Robert’s offence, and gratitude for the unkindness she was treated with,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Lady Catherine was extremely indignant on the marriage of her nephew; and as she gave way to all the genuine frankness of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth, that for some time all intercourse was at an end. But at length, by Elizabeth's persuasion, he was prevailed on to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She went, however, and they sauntered about together many a half hour in Mr. Grant's shrubbery, the weather being unusually mild for… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Once so much to each other! Now nothing! There had been a time, when of all the large party now filling the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
He could not forgive her, but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Our time was most delightfully spent, in mutual Protestations of Freindship, and in vows of unalterable Love, in which we were secure… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Kitty, to her very material advantage, spent the chief of her time with her two elder sisters. In society so superior to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The evils arising from the loss of her uncle were neither trifling nor likely to lessen; and when thought had been freely… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
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“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
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“...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
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