Affection Quote by Jane Austen

“The explanation for her absence had been staring him in the face all the while, but he hadn’t wanted to acknowledge it: The affair…

— Sherry Thomas

Half the sum of attraction, on either side, might have been enough, for he had nothing to do, and she had hardly any body…

— Jane Austen

“Anne was now at hand to take up her own cause, and the sincerity of her manner being soon sufficient to convince him, where…

— Jane Austen

“Her sensations on the discovery made her perfectly speechless. She could not even thank him. She could only hang over little Charles, with most…

— Jane Austen

“No matter that they had been together for years, always a feeling of formality when they first saw each other again, even if the…

— Tatjana Soli

And he absolutely had to find her at once to tell her that he adored her, but the large audience before him separated him…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“I know she re-entered her prison with pain, with reluctance, with a moan and a long shiver. The divorced mates, Spirit and Substance, were…

— Charlotte Brontë

She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting. Perhaps indifferent, if indifference could exist under such circumstances. He must…

— Jane Austen

“Yes, she would have been partial to men, perhaps she might even have confined herself to one man in particular, if only she had…

— Jonathan Coe

She had worried that she would break if her heart broke, but she wasn't broken. she had lost everything, but she was not lost.…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

— Jane Austen

In the silence, she felt the past and the present shift and mix, but that was a mirage. There was no way to comfort…

— J.R. Ward