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1 " 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. "
― Jane Austen , Northanger Abbey
2 " A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. "
― Jane Austen , Pride and Prejudice
3 " 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! "
― Jane Austen , Sense and Sensibility
4 " 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. "
5 " If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy. "
6 " There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison "
― Jane Austen , Persuasion
7 " Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. "
8 " 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. "
9 " There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart. "
― Jane Austen
10 " Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. "
11 " 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. "
12 " 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. "
13 " To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect "
14 " Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. "
15 " Is not general incivility the very essence of love? "
16 " One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. "
― Jane Austen , Emma
17 " How quick come the reasons for approving what we like. "
18 " Without music, life would be a blank to me. "
19 " ...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. "
20 " Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. "
