All Jane Austen Quotes
- Catherine [...] enjoyed her usual happiness with Henry Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to everything he said; and, in finding him irresistible, becoming so herself. Becoming
- She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable,… Alone
- Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had… Best
- What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on… All
- To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect Expect
- There could have never been two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved. Now they were… Acquainted
- The longer they were together the more doubtful seemed the nature of his regard, and sometimes for a few painful minutes she believed it to… Believed
- It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was. Been
- You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy. Call
- She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and to… Believed
- I particularly recollect your saying one night, after they had been dining at Netherfield, 'SHE a beauty!--I should as soon call her mother a wit.'… Acquaintance
- that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny) Edmund
- She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man. Admiration
- And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them. Defect
- I have the highest respect for your nerves, they are my old friends. Darcy
- I have no more to say. If this be the case, he deserves you. I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any… Any
- You must really begin to harden yourself to the idea of being worth looking at. Begin
- I should infinitely prefer a book... Book
- I love you. Most ardently. Ardently
- But indeed I would rather have nothing but tea. Funny
- Fine dancing, I believe like virtue, must be its own reward. Those who are standing by are usually thinking of something very different. Believe
- Everybody's heart is open, you know, when they have recently escaped from severe pain, or are recovering the blessing of health. Blessing
- Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no… Association
- It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively without being at any… Accrue
- I am sure of this, that if everybody was to drink their bottle a day, there would be not half the disorders in the world… All