Communication Quotes by Jane Austen

“He could not meet her in conversation, rational or playful.”

— Jane Austen

I must have my share in the conversation…

— Jane Austen

“my idea of good company.. is the company of clever, well-informed people. who have a great deal of conversation.”

— Jane Austen

“My idea of good company, Mr. Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that…

— Jane Austen

“I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means As are within my reach. You pierce…

— Jane Austen

“She was in no humour for conversation with anyone but himself; and to him she had hardly courage to speak.”

— Jane Austen

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and…

— Jane Austen

Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation.

— Jane Austen

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what…

— Jane Austen

“no poverty of any kind, except of conversation, appeared—but there, the deficiency was considerable.”

— Jane Austen

“For though a very few hours spent in the hard labour of incessant talking will dispatch more subjects than can really be…

— Jane Austen

“for though a very few hours spent in the hard labor of incessant talking will dispatch more subjects that can really be…

— Jane Austen

“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that…

— Jane Austen

I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what…

— Jane Austen

“With the Musgroves there was the happy chat of perfect ease;[…] and with Captain Wentworth, some moments of communication continually occurring, and…

— Jane Austen

“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I…

— Jane Austen

“[F]or though a very few hours spent in hard labour of incessant talking will dispatch more subjects than can really be in…

— Jane Austen

Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?" Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd…

— Jane Austen

“Darcy: 'I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I…

— Jane Austen

“The conversation soon turned upon fishing, and she heard Mr. Darcy invite him, with the greatest civility, to fish there as often…

— Jane Austen

“My dearest Emma," said he, "for dearest you will always be, whatever the event of this hour's conversation, my dearest, most beloved…

— Jane Austen

“They had no conversation together, no intercourse but what the commonest civility required. Once so much to each other! Now nothing! There…

— Jane Austen

“Of music! Then pray speak aloud. It is of all subjects my delight. I must have my share in the conversation if…

— Jane Austen

I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.…

— Jane Austen

“There was that constant communication which strong family affection would dictate; and though sisters, and living almost within sight of each other,…

— Jane Austen

[Mrs. Allen was] never satisfied with the day unless she spent the chief of it by the side of Mrs. Thorpe, in…

— Jane Austen