But for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
JANE AUSTENThe distance is nothing when one has a motive.
More Jane Austen Quotes
-
-
We do not suffer by accident.
JANE AUSTEN -
You have qualities which I had not before supposed to exist in such a degree in any human creature. You have some touches of the angel in you.
JANE AUSTEN -
When pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.
JANE AUSTEN -
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
JANE AUSTEN -
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity.
JANE AUSTEN -
Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present.
JANE AUSTEN -
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
JANE AUSTEN -
Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
JANE AUSTEN -
She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation.
JANE AUSTEN -
To love is to burn, to be on fire.
JANE AUSTEN -
A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
JANE AUSTEN -
If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
JANE AUSTEN -
Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.
JANE AUSTEN -
I must have my share in the conversation.
JANE AUSTEN -
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
JANE AUSTEN