Quotes About Attachment

How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, -how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence! - She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.

He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.

How then was I to be--to be in love with him the moment he said he was with me? how was I to have an attachment at his service, as soon as it was asked for?

I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

To be sure, you knew no actual good of me—but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love.

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it…

Sometime the worst type of weapon in the world is love.

Nu puteam sa ma gandesc atat de mult la tine fara sa te indragesc, cu tot cu defecte.

Harriet was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love.

and yet you loved him! - Yes. But I did not love only him [...]. And after all, Marianne, after all that is bewitching in the idea of a single and constant attachment, and all that can be said of one's happiness depending entirely on any particular person, it is not meant - it is not fit - it is not possible that it should be so.

Fanny's friendship was all that he had to cling to.

Ä°nsan?n kalbi birine aitse baÅŸka hiç kimsenin ilgisi pek bir ÅŸey ifade etmez. Sevilen kiÅŸiyle ilgili olmayan her ÅŸey o kadar yavan, o kadar s?radan gelir ki!

very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

El bien me lo hice a mí mismo al convertirla a usted en el objeto de mis pensamientos más afectuosos. No podía pensar en usted sin mimarla, con defectos y todo; y a fuerza de encariñarme con tantos errores creo que he estado enamorado de usted por lo menos desde que tenía trece años.

You have bewitched me body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you.

there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance. A misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a well-informed mind is to come with an inability of administering to the vanity of others, which a sensible person would always wish to avoid. A woman especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment, that it is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement. In nine cases out of ten a women had better show more affection than she feels. Bingley likes your sister undoubtedly; but he may never do more than like her, if she does not help him on.

Normalmente todos empezamos por una ligera preferencia, y eso sí puede ser simplemente porque sí, sin motivo; pero hay muy pocos que tengan tanto corazón como para enamorarse sin haber sido estimulados. (Charlotte a Elizabeth)

Gostar dele! - replicou a sua mãe com um sorriso. - Não consigo sentir nenhum sentimento de aprovação inferior ao amor. - Pode estimá-lo. - Ainda não descobri como separar a estima do amor. Mrs. Dashwood

She was assured of his affection; and that heart in return was solicited, which, perhaps, they pretty equally knew was already entirely his own; for, though Henry was now sincerely attached to her, though he felt and delighted in all the excellencies of her character and truly loved her society

It was gratifying to have inspired unconsciously so strong an affection.

I have never yet known what it was to separate esteem and love

and have suffered the punishment of an attachment, without enjoying its advantages.