“How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate!” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Oh hang kitty; what has she to do with it? Come, be quick. Be quick. Where is your sash?” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour, he had… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion and somethings an indirect boast.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Mr. Darcy drew his chair a little towards her, and said, “You cannot have a right to such very strong local attachment.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I admire all my three sons-in-law highly," said he. "Wickham, perhaps, is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“But your good opinion is rarely bestowed and therefore more worth the earning.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“And so ended his affection," said Elizabeth impatiently. "There has been many a one, I fancy, overcome in the same way. I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“There are few of us who are secure enough to be within love without proper encouragement - Charlotte Lucas” — 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
“You thought the waiter must not hear, as if he cared! I dare say he often hears worse things said than I… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty women… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony. [Elizabeth] — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and everyday confirms my belief of the inconsistencies… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Pride," observed Mary, who piqued herself upon the solidity of her reflections, "is a very common failing, I believe. By all that… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“May we take my uncle's letter to read to her? Take whatever you like, and get away.” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Nada más capcioso que las apariencias de humildad. A veces nacen de pereza para sostener una opinión y a veces son un… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Darcy: 'I certainly have not the talent which some people possess, of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I… — 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
