Jane Austen Quotes - Page 8

Elizabeth's spirit's soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. 'How could you begin?' said she. begun.
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Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.
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You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner." (Elizabeth Bennett)
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To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect
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No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves it is the woman only who can make it a torment.
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I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours.
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They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a moment seemed immoveable from surprise; but shortly recovering himself, advanced towards the party, and spoke to Elizabeth, if not in terms of perfect composure, at least of perfect civility.
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Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
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There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.
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There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.
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A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
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In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!
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I 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.
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If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.
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There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison
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Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.
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I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men.""Perhaps I shall. Yes, yes, if you please, no reference to examples in books. Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.
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