Quotes from Jane Austen

and they soon drew from those inquiries the full conviction that one of them at least knew what it was to love. Of the lady's sensations they remained a little in doubt; but that the gentleman was overflowing with admiration was evident enough.

While well, and happy, and properly attended to, she had great good humour and excellent spirits; but any indisposition sunk her completely. She had no resources for solitude; and inheriting a considerable share of the Elliot self-importance, was very prone to add to every other distress that of fancying herself neglected and ill-used.

and her mind about as ignorant and uninformed as the female mind at seventeen usually is.

Åžiirin aÅŸk? yok etme yeteneÄŸini ilk kim keÅŸfetti merak ediyorum doÄŸrusu.' -'Åžiiri hep aÅŸk?n g?das? olarak düÅŸünürdüm.' dedi Darcy. -'SaÄŸl?kl?, güçlü, iyi bir aÅŸk için doÄŸru olabilir. Zaten güçlü olan her ÅŸeye her ÅŸey iyi gelir. Ama eÄŸer, zay?f, c?l?z bir eÄŸilimse tatl? bir sone açl?ktan öldürür onu.

He sido mejor con él que conmigo mismo.

Family squabbling is the greatest evil of all

En vano he luchado. No servirá. Mis sentimientos no serán reprimidos. Debe permitirme que le diga cuanto la admiro y la amo.

She said no more, and they went down the other dance and parted in silence; and on each side dissatisfied, though not to an equal degree, for in Darcy's breast there was a tolerable powerful feeling towards her, which soon procured her pardon, and directed all his anger against another.

Now they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for they could never become acquainted. It was a perpetual estrangement.

though it is Charlotte Lucas. You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger security for happiness." "I must think your language too strong

Mr. Knightley to be no longer coming there for his evening comfort! - No longer walking in at all hours, as if ever willing to change his own home for their's! - How was it to be endured?

In spite of all her faults she knew she was dear to him; might she not say, very dear?

I learnt from Mrs. Tickars's young lady, to my high amusement, that the stays now are not made to force the bosom up at all; that was a very unbecoming, unnatural fashion. I was really glad to hear that they are not to be so much off the shoulders as they were.

No sé querer a la gente a medias, no es mi manera de ser. Mis afectos son siempre extremadamente intensos.

Elinor...whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding and coolness of judgment...her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were strong; but she knew how to govern them.

nu cred ca pot trai intre oameni care nu iubesc muzica. Nu pun nicio alta conditie, dar, pentru mine, fara muzica viata nu ar avea culoare.

No pudo haber dos corazones más abiertos, ni gustos tan similares, ni sentimientos tan unificados. Ahora eran dos extraños. No; peor que extraños, porque jamás podrían llegar a conocerse. Era un exilio perpetuo.

Though Darcy could never receive him at Pemberley, yet, for Elizabeth's sake, he assisted him further in his profession.

I do not know the particulars, but I know very well that Mr. Darcy is not in the least to blame, that he cannot bear to hear George Wickham mentioned, and that though my brother thought that he could not well avoid including him in his invitation to the officers, he was excessively glad to find that he had taken himself out of the way.

It is such a spur to one's genius, such an opening for wit to have a dislike of that kind. One may be continually abusive without saying any thing just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other

His coming into the country at all is a most insolent thing, indeed, and I wonder how he could presume to do it. I pity you, Miss Eliza, for this discovery of your favourite's guilt; but really, considering his descent, one could not expect much better.

Es que nunca vas a permitir que te alaben? Entonces no puedes ser mi amigo, pues quienes aceptan mi amor y mi estima deben someterse a mis más abiertos elogios.

Con ese libro hacía lleva­deras sus horas de ocio y se sentía consolado en las de abatimiento.