There 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 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 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 AUSTENA vast deal may be done by those who dare to act.
JANE AUSTENFull many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.
JANE AUSTENIn nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
JANE AUSTENGood apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.
JANE AUSTENWithout music, life would be a blank to me.
JANE AUSTENIt is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
JANE AUSTENYou must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
JANE AUSTENAnd sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.
JANE AUSTENIt is very unfair to judge any body’s conduct, without an intimate knowledge of their situation.
JANE AUSTENThere are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.
JANE AUSTENSometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can’t be without.
JANE AUSTENOne cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.
JANE AUSTENIf I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.
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 AUSTEN