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Jane Austen quotes

British Writer December 16, 1775 – July 28, 1817

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Jane Austen quote: "Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic..."
Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness. -Jane Austen Jane Austen
And Anne could have said much, and did long to say a little in defence of her friend's not very dissimilar claims to theirs, but her sense of personal respect to her father prevented her. She made no reply. She left it to himself to recollect, that Mrs Smith was not the only widow in Bath between thirty and forty, with little to live on, and no surname of dignity. Jane Austen
Jane Austen quote: "She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything;..."
She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry. Jane Austen
If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise--if regard springing from such sources is unreasonable or unnatural, in comparison of what is so often described as arising on a first interview with its object, and even before two words have been exchanged, nothing can be said in her defence, except that she had given somewhat of a trial to the latter method in her partiality for Wickham, and... Jane Austen
You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.''As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so. Jane Austen
Jane Austen quote: "Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common."
Perfect happiness, even in memory, is not common. Jane Austen
Catherine [...] enjoyed her usual happiness with Henry Tilney, listening with sparkling eyes to everything he said; and, in finding him irresistible, becoming so herself. Jane Austen
Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? Youtake delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves."You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. Theyare my old friends. I have heard you mention them with considerationthese last twenty years at least. Jane Austen
Jane Austen quote: "I am not one of those young ladies who are so daring to risk..."
I am not one of those young ladies who are so daring to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. Jane Austen
Jane Austen quote: "To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18..."
To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well Jane Austen
How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue. Jane Austen
Oh! if that is all, I have a very poor opinion of young men who live in Derbyshire; and their intimate friends who live in Hertfordshire are not much better. I am sick of them all. Thank Heaven! I am going tommorow where I shall find a man who has not one agreeable quality, who has neither manner nor sense to recommend him. Stupid men are the only ones worth knowing, after all. Jane Austen
Jane Austen quote: "At Christmas every body invites their friends and thinks..."
At Christmas every body invites their friends and thinks little of even the worst weather. Jane Austen
She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me. Jane Austen
Jane Austen quote: "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. Jane Austen

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