Anxiety Quote by Jane Austen

“[H]is first purpose was to explain himself, and before they reached Mr. Allen's grounds he had done it so well that Catherine did not…

— Jane Austen

“Two words would comprehend my future—death and hell: existence, after losing her, would be hell. Yet I was a fool to fancy for a…

— Emily Bronte

“and firstly, let me beware of the fascination that lurks in Catherine Heathcliff's brilliant eyes. I should be in a curious taking if I…

— Emily Brontë

Catherine [...] enjoyed her usual happiness with Henry Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to everything he said; and, in finding him irresistible, becoming so herself.

— Jane Austen

“It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. Allen, that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions…

— Jane Austen

“Then came the night when she held him close as a second great wave of anger smashed over him. This time it was anger…

— Nina George

“[Henry] felt himself bound as much in honour as in affection to Miss Morland, and believing that heart to be his own which he…

— Jane Austen

“It is now expedient to give some description of Mrs. Allen, that the reader may be able to judge in what manner her actions…

— Jane Austen

“Henry had written a novel because there was a hole in him that needed filling, a question that needed answering, a patch of canvas…

— Yann Martel

“Perhaps it was Helen's way of falling in love--a curious way to Margaret, whose agony and whose contempt of Henry were yet imprinted with…

— E.M. Forster

“For Catherine, the lesson was that more than intelligence and goodwill were needed to break down the traditions, prejudices, and ignorance of both the…

— Robert K. Massie

“I might like to believe that every day, every hour, every minute of every hour of every day with Henry was *not* the happiest…

— Binnie Kirshenbaum