She was without any power, because she was without any desire of command over herself. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Eleanor went to her room "where she was free to think and be wretched. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
This was a lucky recollection -- it saved her from something like regret. — 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
Sitting with her on Sunday evening — a wet Sunday evening — the very time of all others when if a friend… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Miss Bertram could now speak with decided information of what she had known nothing about,” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And she leaned back in the corner, to indulge her murmurs, or to reason them away; probably a little of both—such being… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Everybody's heart is open, you know, when they have recently escaped from severe pain, or are recovering the blessing of health. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity; and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily familiarized… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“She did not really like her. She would not be in a hurry to find fault, but she suspected that there was… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The contempt which she had, very early in their acquaintance, felt for her daughter-in-law, was very much increased by the farther knowledge… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still. She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who… — 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
She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“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
It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
She understood him. He could not forgive her,-but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“As he quitted the room, Elizabeth felt how improbable it was that they should ever see each other again on such terms… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marianne, I've had… — 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
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
“It may be easily believed that however little of novelty could be added to their fears hopes and conjectures on this interesting… — 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
I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The I examined my own heart. And there you were. Never, I fear, to be removed.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
…she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible. — 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
“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
“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
“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
“...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
“I must tell you what you will not ask, though I may wish it unsaid the next moment” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Lady Catherine seemed quite astonished at not receiving a direct answer; and Elizabeth suspected herself to be the first creature who had ever dared… — Jane Austen Copy Share
“He had suffered, and he had learnt to think, two advantages that he had never known before…” — Jane Austen Copy Share
“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Eliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.” — Jane Austen Copy Share
