Lonely Quote by Stevie Smith

“Or was she going to be sensible, reliable, patient Elinor who never put her own feelings first because -- let's face it -- she…

— Joanna Trollope

Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

— Jane Austen

“And Elinor, in quitting Norland and Edward, cried not as I did. Even now her self-command is invariable. When is she dejected or melancholy?…

— Jane Austen

“Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding, and coolness of judgment, which qualified her, though only nineteen,…

— Jane Austen

“Elinor saw, and pitied her for, the neglect of abilities which education might have rendered so respectable; but she saw, with less tenderness of…

— Jane Austen

“Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.”

— Jane Austen

She's the ulimate heroine, strong-willed and independent, intelligent, loyal, but at the same time, she's not flawless, she's not above mistakes, or falling in…

— Tammara Webber

She has a choice. She can either accept a life of misery or she can struggle against it. And she chooses to struggle...she fails…

— Kate Winslet

She was lonely without Blunt, but she was lonelier at the idea that the world went on as though she had not loved him.

— Colm Toibin

She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister. "I do not attempt to deny," said she, "that I think…

— Jane Austen

“But she was half in love with chaos... With all her yearning for the ordinary life, she was born to admire outsiders. You could…

— Andrew O'Hagan

As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she…

— Kathryn Stockett