Jane Austen Quotes
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His feelings are warm, but I can imagine them rather changeable.
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The publicis rather apt to be unreasonably discontented when a woman does marry again, than when she does not.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.
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They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.
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Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters.
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That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.
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Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
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I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.
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Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightly. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the menu with Cook... I tried not to think about him in the garden where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy to ascertain his feelings for Harriet. I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden, they really are a drab little flower. And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed, but something had to be done.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
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The wisest and the best of men, nay, the wisest and best of their actions, may be rendered ridiculous by a person whose first object in life is a joke.
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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.
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“I often think,” said she, “that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems so forlorn without them.”
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No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else.
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I will not allow it to be more man's nature than woman's to be inconstant.
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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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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.
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The pleasures of friendship, of unreserved conversation, of similarity of taste and opinions will make good amends for orange wine.
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Yet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some...
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Success supposes endeavour.