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“As it happened that Elizabeth had much rather not, she endeavoured in her answer to put an end to every entreaty and expectation of…

— Jane Austen

“Mary never made it to the board meeting. Cunning Elizabeth simply arranged for her cousin's tennis instructor to "delay" her for an hour or…

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

“As he quitted the room, Elizabeth felt how improbable it was that they should ever see each other again on such terms of cordiality...…

— Jane Austen

“To Elizabeth it appeared that, had her family made an agreement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening, it would…

— Jane Austen

“Elizabeth was excessively disappointed...but it was her business to be satisfied — and certainly her temper to be happy; and all was soon right…

— Jane Austen

Elizabeth was counting on Marco to keep cousin Mary occupied until after the board meeting was over. A piece of cheese might catch a…

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

“Rebecca saw red.The urge she had to fly at Elizabeth with her nails bared was too compelling. She couldn't resist it. That Elizabeth immediately…

— Johanna Lindsey

“As difficult as it was to decipher Two’s expression when she was on the ground, it was next to impossible when she was at…

— Susan R. Matthews

“with her through an angel that someone nearby could relate. The two women had one important predicament in common—questionable pregnancies, sure to stir up…

— Beth Moore

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if she was…

— Stephen Chbosky

“Elizabeth could never address her without feeling that all the comfort of intimacy was over, and, though determined not to slacken as a correspondent,…

— Jane Austen

“It is extraordinarily entertaining to watch the historians of the past ... entangling themselves in what they were pleased to call the "problem" of…

— Dorothy L. Sayers