“that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...and yet, though desirous to be gone, she could not quit the mansion-house, or look an adieu to the cottage, with its… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she… — 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
We certainly do not forget you as soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her pleasure in the walk must arise from the exercise and the day, from the view of the last smiles of the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so. — 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
