He is also handsome," replied Elizabeth, "which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I have frequently detected myself in such kind of mistakes... in a total misapprehension of character at some point or other: fancying… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Her [Mrs Croft's] manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of herself, and no doubts of what… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“To Miss Cooper Cousin, Conscious of the Charming Character which in every Country, and every Clime in Christendom is Cried, Concerning you,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I might as well enquire,” replied she, “why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
May I ask you what these questions tend?' 'Merely to the illustration of your character,' said she, endeavouring to shake off her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“He had just compunction enough for having done nothing for his sisters himself, to be exceedingly anxious that everybody else should do… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no… — 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
“That loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable-- that one false step involves her in endless ruin-- that her reputation is… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Elinor made no answer. Her thoughts were silently fixed on the irreparable injury which too early an independence and its consequent habits… — 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
Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation. He had been remarkably… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“…for I look upon the Frasers to be about as unhappy as most other married people.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“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 Image
her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
