What a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
JANE AUSTENWhat a shame, for I dearly love to laugh.
JANE AUSTENI 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 AUSTENIn nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
JANE AUSTENFriendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
JANE AUSTENI will not say that your mulberry trees are dead; but I am afraid they’re not alive.
JANE AUSTENKnow your own happiness. You want nothing but patience or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.
JANE AUSTENHappiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
JANE AUSTENI hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
JANE AUSTENGeneral benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be.
JANE AUSTENIn vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
JANE AUSTENIf I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
JANE AUSTENIt is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
JANE AUSTENNothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
JANE AUSTENThere is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
JANE AUSTENShe hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.
JANE AUSTENPerhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.
JANE AUSTEN