More from Jane Austen
One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
Jane AustenJane Austen It is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
Jane AustenJane Austen I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.
Jane AustenJane Austen With women, the heart argues, not the mind.
Jane AustenJane Austen What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
Jane AustenJane Austen Our scars make us know that our past was for real.
Jane AustenJane Austen It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
Jane AustenJane Austen General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
Jane AustenJane Austen I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.
Jane AustenJane Austen An annuity is a very serious business.
Jane AustenJane Austen Almost anything is possible with time.
Jane AustenJane Austen What are men to rocks and mountains?
Jane AustenJane Austen Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
Jane AustenJane Austen Angry people are not always wise.
Jane AustenJane Austen There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.
Jane AustenJane Austen You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Jane AustenJane Austen
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We were dirt poor but we had each other. We didn’t need much to have a lot.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov One quick sip of your memory I let it slip, and I go on without you.
Emma SchippersEmma Schippers If the scars on my heart were visible to the naked eye, maybe you’d think twice about inflicting more.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney I am getting better at forgetting you. I am slowly but steadily learning the art of forgetting you.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia Paper and pen petrify me, for they pierce right through me, drawing deep blue blood, leaving me utterly cold.
Shreya JoshiShreya Joshi Spend time with people who get excited over even the smallest victories you earn.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis I wonder if you were the poison or the antidote.
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Certainly one cannot ban cross burning in the sanctity of his bedroom.
Antonin ScaliaAntonin Scalia I like to think of myself as the sun, but it gets really lonely all the way out here especially when everything I try to touch burns.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc Now she won’t play with fire her heart got burned so often.
Frank ZFrank Z The burning desire in your heart is your compass.
Marine AshnalikyanMarine Ashnalikyan My head screamed. I want to make them burn the way they did to me. My heart cried that’s not who you are.
Alyce TaylorAlyce Taylor But just because it burns doesn’t mean you’re gonna die. You’ve gotta get up and try, try, try.
PinkPink A thousand Dreams within me softly burn.
Arthur RimbaudArthur Rimbaud Be not lax in celebrating. Be not lazy in the festive service of God. Be ablaze with enthusiasm. Let us be an alive, burning offering before the altar of God.
Hildegard of BingenHildegard of Bingen
