Quotes About Affection

Le sería un gran bien enamorarse perdidamente de alguien que la mereciese.

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!

What a strange thing love is!

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.

When she is secure of him, there will be more leisure for falling in love as much as she chooses.

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

She longed to know what at the moment was passing in his mind—in what manner he thought of her, and whether, in defiance of everything, she was still dear to him. Perhaps he had been civil only because he felt himself at ease; yet there had been that in his voice which was not like ease. Whether he had felt more of pain or of pleasure in seeing her she could not tell, but he certainly had not seen her with composure.

Marianne could never love by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband as it had once been to Willoughby.

I admire all my three sons-in-law highly, said he. Wickham, perhaps, is my favourite; but I think I shall like your husband quite as well as Jane's.

You have bewitched my body and soul, and I love, I love you. -Mr. Darcy

With the Gardiners, they were always on the most intimate terms. Darcy, as well as Elizabeth, really loved them; and they were both ever sensible of the warmest gratitude towards the persons who, by bringing her into Derbyshire, had been the means of uniting them.

To complete every other recommendation, he had almost told her that he loved her. What strength, or what constancy of affection he might be subject to, was another point; but at present she could not doubt his having a decidedly warm admiration, a conscious preference of herself; and this persuasion, joined to all the rest, made her think that she must be a little in love with him, in spite of every previous determination against it.

No puedo concretar la hora, ni el sitio, ni la mirada, ni las palabras que pusieron los cimientos de mi amor. Hace bastante tiempo. Estaba ya medio enamorado de ti antes de saber que te quería

I believe it often happens that a man, before he has quite made up his own mind, will distinguish the sister or intimate friend of the woman he is really thinking of more than the woman herself.

you must allow me to tell you how ardently i admire and love you

Any thing interests between those who love; and any thing will serve as introduction to what is near the heart

I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love! - I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love - said Darcy. - Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away. - Elizabeth Bennet

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions.

General uncivility is the very essence of love.

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)

Though she liked him for his attentions, and thought them all, whether in friendship, admiration, or playfulness, extremely judicious, they were not winning back her heart.