Psychology Quote by Jane Austen

“He turned to face her and studied her as if he could see right through her. “None of them are worthy of you.” A…

— Ally Broadfield

“He had never thought the question over clearly, but vaguely imagined that his wife had long suspected him of being unfaithful to her and…

— Leo Tolstoy

“And although he had never thought a wife with strong opinions was a good thing, he actually found he liked her opinions—or at least…

— Melanie Dickerson

“But Lucy had been alone too much of her life, and in her loneliness she had constructed a vision of what a perfect relationship…

— Ann Patchett

“A man with an affectionate disposition, who finds a wife to concur with his fundamental idea of life, easily comes to persuade himself that…

— George Eliot

“Lucy had no wish to entertain that gentleman. None at all. It was not that Lucy did not wish to marry Mr. Olson, for…

— David Liss

“Had his chancellor and his wife become enchanted by Lady Dorothea? He was not enchanted. He only wanted to delve deeper into her temperament.…

— Melanie Dickerson

“She'd like to say more, and explain that her years of marriage had so degraded her expectation of happiness that to sit cradling a…

— Sarah Perry

“Lady Catherine quoting Lizzie Bennet: She had the impudence to reply that, whilst these would be heavy misfortunes, your wife must have such extraordinary…

— Janet Aylmer

“But she had recently come to think that in such unhappy times--when the odds were so high against personal happiness--to find love was miraculous,…

— Bernard Malamud

“Lee tried to imagine spending that much of her life dedicated to something so inconsequential. Then she thought of what she had spent time on…

— Augustus Rose

“No one had asked her to marry him, nor was there someone she wished to wed. Not that she did not enjoy the company…

— Janet Wallach