"She had nothing to wish otherwise, but that the days did not pass so swiftly. It was a delightful visit;—perfect, in being much too short."
- Jane Austen
"Where other powers of entertainment are wanting, the true philosopher will derive benefit from such as are given."
"From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes."
"Occupied in observing Mr. Bingley’s attentions to her sister, Elizabeth was far from suspecting that she was herself becoming an object of some interest in the eyes of his friend. Mr. Darcy had at fir..."
"It is a most repulsive quality, indeed,’ said he. ‘Oftentimes very convenient, no doubt, but never pleasing. There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.’‘Not till..."
"I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty women can bestow.' Miss Bingley immediately fixated her eyes on his face, and desired he would tell ..."
"There had been moments when she felt he had almost forgiven her. She would always remember those moments."
"And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully."
"Till it does come, you know, we women never mean to have anybody. It is a thing of course among us, that every man is refused, till he offers."
"There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil - a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome."