"I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of……" — Jane Austen
"I certainly must,' said she. 'This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of everything's being dull and insipid about the house! I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were not."
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691 Quotes by Jane Austen
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