Jane Austen

Reluctantly, and with much hesitation, did she then begin what might perhaps, at the end of half an hour, be termed, by the courtesy of her hearers, an explanation; ↗

— Jane Austen

#life

Blessed with so many resources within myself the world was not necessary to me. I could do very well without it. ↗

— Jane Austen

#loneliness #world #life

Alas! with all her reasoning, she found, that to retentive feelings eight years may be little more than nothing. ↗

— Jane Austen

#first-love #reasoning #time #love

I should think he must be rather a dressy man for his time of life. Such a number of looking-glasses! Oh Lord! There is not getting away from one's self ↗

— Jane Austen

#mirrors #humor

She began to curl her hair and long for balls ↗

— Jane Austen

#dirty #funny #funny

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. ↗

— Jane Austen

#knightley #love #marriage #love

A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is attached to her, and can write a tolerable letter. ↗

— Jane Austen

#marriage #love

…for what after all is Youth and Beauty? ↗

— Jane Austen

#youth #beauty

and talking of the dear family party which would then be restored, of their mutual pursuits and cheerful society, as the only happiness worth a wish. ↗

— Jane Austen

#family

Let go of the past because its remembrance will give you pleasure. ↗

— Jane Austen

#inspirational