Jane Austen
Jane Austen
Jane Austenwas an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her most highly praised novel during her lifetime was Pride and Prejudice, her second published novel. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1775
CitySteventon, England
There seemed a gulf impassable between them.
Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind, if she have not resolution enough to resist idle interference ... It is the worst evil of too yielding and indecisive a character, that no influence over it can be depended on. You are never sure of a good impression being durable; everybody may sway it. Let those who would be happy be firm.
..that sanguine expectation of happiness which is happiness itself
My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?
Wickedness is always wickedness, but folly is not always folly.
Time did not compose her.
Time will generally lessen the interest of every attachment not within the daily circle.
He listened to her with silent attention, and on her ceasing to speak, rose directly from his seat, and after saying in a voice of emotion, 'To your sister I wish all imaginable happiness; to Willoughby, that he may endeavor to deserve her,' took leave, and went away.
Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.
Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her; and the happiest hours of my life were what I spent with her.
I often think," she said, "that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems to forlorn without them.
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.
Everything nourishes what is strong already
If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.