Jane Austen

A woman of seven and twenty, said Marianne, after pausing a moment, can never hope to feel or inspire affection again. ↗

— Jane Austen

#marianne-dashwood #inspirational

Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it. ↗

— Jane Austen

#money #sense-and-sensibility #money

There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety in the discernment of character, a natural penetration, in short, which no experience in others can equal... ↗

— Jane Austen

#equality

I leave it to be settled, by whomsoever it may concern, whether the tendency of this work be altogether to recommend parental tyranny, or reward filial disobedience. ↗

— Jane Austen

#inside-jokes #humor

I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested. ↗

— Jane Austen

#change

Mama, the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love #marianne-dashwood #sense-and-sensibility #world

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. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

If he does not come to me, then,' said she, 'I shall give him up for ever. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

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 ↗

— Jane Austen

#love

This was a lucky recollection -- it saved her from something like regret. ↗

— Jane Austen

#literary #wit #humor