All Jane Austen Quotes
- The memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient-at others so bewildered and weak-and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! Bewildered
- it is very well worthwhile to be tormented for two or three years of one's life, for the sake of being able to read all… Able
- Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way. Cease
- There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more… All
- It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves. Dead
- From the very beginning— from the first moment, I may almost say— of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief… Acquaintance
- In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I… Admire
- Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.--Marianne Dashwood Ashamed
- I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any… Act
- Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise. Been
- His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle. Ease
- What are men to rocks and mountains? Inspirational
- I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I… All
- I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other. Always Deserve
- A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not. Devotion
- They gave themselves up wholly to their sorrow, seeking increase of wretchedness in every reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation… Admitting
- the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son, and the good fortune to lose him before he reached his twentieth… Fortune
- It is only a novel... or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most… Best
- From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected… All
- Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Agreed
- You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Gives
- Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it… Alarm
- He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal. Daughter
- I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You… Able
- Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of… Almost Ran