Jane Austen Quotes
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But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by everybody at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience; or give it a more fascinating name: call it hope.
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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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We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
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She was nothing more than a mere good-tempered, civil and obliging Young Woman; as such we could scarcely dislike her -- she was only an Object of Contempt...
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Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.
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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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No- I cannot talk of books in a ballroom; my head is always full of something else.
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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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Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.
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I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
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Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.
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They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.
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We do not look in great cities for our best morality.
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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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His feelings are warm, but I can imagine them rather changeable.
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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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Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
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Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint!
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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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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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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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Marry me. Marry me, my wonderful, darling friend.
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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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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be.