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"One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. Anne Elliot, in Persuasion, ch. 20 (1818). |
"The trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state, when further beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park, ch. 46 (1814). |
"She believed that she must now submit to feel that another lesson, in the art of know ing our own nothingness beyond our own circle, was becoming necessary for her."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. Anne Elliot's thought, in Persuasion, ch. 6 (1818). |
"There is scarcely a young lady in the united kingdoms, who would not rather put up with the misfortune of being sought by a clever, agreeable man, than have him driven away by the vulgarity of her nearest relations."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park, ch. 41 (1814). |
"It was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. Anne Elliot's thought, in Persuasion, ch. 8 (1818). |
"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore every body, not greatly in fault themselves, to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park, ch. 48 (1814). |
"My idea of good company ... is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. Anne, in Persuasion, ch. 16 (1818).
Mr. Elliot replies, "that is not good company; that is the best." |
"Let no one presume to give the feelings of a young woman on receiving the assurance of that affection of which she has scarcely allowed herself to entertain a hope."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park, ch. 48 (1814). |
"If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey, ch. 14 (1818). |
"The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder."
Jane Austen (1775-1817), British novelist. The narrator, in Mansfield Park, ch. 3 (1814). |
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