Jane Austen quotes - page 22

And now I may dismiss my heroine to the sleepless couch, which is the true heroine's portion - to a pillow strewed with thorns and wet with tears. And lucky may she think herself, if she get another good night's rest in the course of the next three months. (Jane Austen)
Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation. View quote
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An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome. View quote
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An interval of meditation, serious and grateful, was the best corrective of everything dangerous. View quote
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I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any money to spare, I should buy a little land and build one myself, within a short distance of London, where I might drive myself down at any time, and collect a few friends about me and be happy. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage. View quote
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But your mind is warped by an innate principle of general integrity, and, therefore, not accessible to the cool reasonings of family partiality, or a desire of revenge. View quote
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Nobody is healthy in London, nobody can be. View quote
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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 acertain 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. View quote
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Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the keenest enjoyment. View quote
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She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved; and from his judgement, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance. View quote
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You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it. (Jane Austen)
But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach. View quote
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None but a woman can teach the science of herself. View quote
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How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his forever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation. View quote
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We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. View quote
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What! Would I be turned back from doing a thing that I had determined to do, and that I knew to be right, by the airs and interference of such a person, or any person I may say? No, I have no idea of being so easily persuaded. When I have made up my mind, I have made it. View quote
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With men he can be rational and unaffected, but when he has ladies to please, every feature works. View quote
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Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done. View quote
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It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples. View quote
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. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all. View quote
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I am certainly the most fortunate creature ever existed! (Jane Austen)
Her mind was all disorder. The past, present, future, every thing was terrible. View quote
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There was no being displeased with such an encourager, for his admiration made him discern a likeness before it was possible. View quote
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But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible. View quote
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You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. View quote
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