“The darling wish of his sisters was then gratified; he bought an estate in a neighbouring county to Derbyshire, and Jane and… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better;… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The delightful assurance of her total indifference towards Frank Churchill, of her having a heart completely disengaged from him, had given birth… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“They were gone, she hoped, to be happy, however oddly constructed such happiness might seem; as for herself, she was left with… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I never could be so happy as you. Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“poor Isabella;—which poor Isabella, passing her life with those she doated on, full of their merits, blind to their faults, and always… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who would make… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Had Elizabeth’s opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing opinion of conjugal felicity… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Depend upon it, you see but half. You see the evil, but you do not see the consolation. There will be little… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“You must be the best judge of your own happiness. If you prefer Mr. Martin to every other person; if you think… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“...And talking of the dear family party which would then be restored, of their mutual pursuits and cheerful society, as the only… — 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