Anne elliot Quote by Staci Hart

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone…

— Louise Bay

“Mr. Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, – but he was not open. There was never any burst of feeling, any warmth of indignation or…

— Jane Austen

“Sympathy compounded of liking and compassion in varying proportions evidently seemed to Jane Austen the most natural inventive to imaginative interest in a character.”

— Mary Lascelles

“My favorite book has always been Jane Austen's Persuasion and it's been the comfort blanket of my life which I know sounds a bit…

— Jane Odiwe

“There was nothing “bright and sparkling” about this one. It was subdued, almost melancholy. Heroine Anne Elliot, perhaps my favorite of the Austen women…

— Katherine Reay

“I was convinced I felt as strongly about Jane Austen's books as Ashleigh had ever felt about any of her crazes, but my love…

— Polly Shulman

The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers.

— Harold Bloom

“Did Jane Austen ruin lives by giving people false expectations about love? Were her heroes just too good to be true? Could a real…

— Victoria Connelly

“[Jane] Austen was not a novelist for nothing: she knew that our stories are what make us human, and that listening to someone else's…

— William Deresiewicz

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." Jane Austen in 'Emma”

— Jane Austen

“The Very first moment I beheld him, my heart was irrevocably gone.” ― Jane Austen, Love and Friendship”

— Jane Austen

“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as life itself.…

— Syrie James