Quotes About Devotion

A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from; and he who can do it, where there is no doubt of her regard, must, I think, be the happiest of mortals.

I never wish to be parted from you from this day on

You have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on

She was his own Emma, by hand and word

Te aseguro que no soy de las que quieren a medias. Mis sentimientos siempre son profundos y arraigados...

One had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.

Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation.

A man like him, in his situation! with a heart pierced, wounded, almost broken! Fanny Harville was a very superior creature, and his attachment to her was indeed attachment. A man does not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman. He ought not; he does not.

All have been anxious for the attentions of someone whom they wished to please.

My dearest Emma, for that is what you always have been and you always will be, my most beloved Emma. I cannot make speeches. If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more(...)

With such a worshipping wife, it was hardly possible that any natural defects in it should not be increased. The extreme sweetness of her temper must hurt his.

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.

By not one of the circle was he listened to with such unbroken, unalloyed enjoyment as by his wife, who was really extremely happy to see him, and whose feelings were so warmed by his sudden arrival as to place her nearer agitation than she had been for the last twenty years. She had been almost fluttered for a few minutes, and still remained so sensibly animated as to put away her work, move Pug from her side, and give all her attention and all the rest of her sofa to her husband.

She is nothing to me, compared with you.

I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature

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?

If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.--Mr. Darcy

The enthusiasm of a woman's love is even beyond the biographer's. To her, the hand-writing itself, independent of any thing it may convey, is a blessedness.

What had she have to wish for? Nothing but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment had been ever so superior to her own.

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

He became what he ought to be: useful to his father, steady and quiet, and not living merely for himself.

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

What had she to wish for? Nothing, but to grow more worthy of him whose intentions and judgment had been ever so superior to her own.