#bennet

I imagine she came out of the birth canal holding a cupcake and a spatula. ↗

— Katja Millay

#imagination

She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me, and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love #mr-darcy #humor

Somewhere in the city, Pestilence was raising an army for its fellow horseman, Death. ↗

— Steve Hockensmith

#death

Vanity, not love, has been my folly. ↗

— Jane Austen

#bennet #elizabeth-bennet #jane #love

I have not the pleasure of understanding you. ↗

— Jane Austen

#understanding

Never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain. ↗

— Seth Grahame-Smith

#love

You are a good girl, and I have great pleasure in thinking you will be so happily settled. I have no doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying, that nothing will ever be resolved on; so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your income. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane #love #mr-bennet #love

Peter was now standing very close - as if he wanted to comfort me - as if he knew how hurt I felt that Mrs Knowles had not asked me to play or to sing. And I did feel comforted. It was as if a tide of warmth was carrying me out of myself, inclining me to trust him and to conduct myself well. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jennifer-paynter #love #loyalty #mary-bennet #peter-bushell

At that moment a solitary violin struck up. But the music was not dance music; it was more like a song - a solemn, sweet song. (I know now that it was Beethoven's Romance in F.) I listened, and suddenly it was as if the fog that surrounded me had been penetrated, as if I were being spoken to. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#jennifer-paynter #love #mary-bennet #message #music

After a moment, he added more seriously: 'I don't get as angry as m'father used to about things. Or maybe I', just better at hiding m'feelings.' 'I fear I'm not very good at hiding my feelings.' He covered my hand with his own. 'That's what I like about you. I liked it from the first. You're so different from the others. ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#divine #jane-austen #jennifer-paynter #love #mary-bennet