1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other.

Children of the same family; the same blood; with the same first associations and habits; have some means of enjoyment in their power; which no subsequent connections can supply...

There is a stubbornness about me that can never bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents.— Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins and I will never see you again if you do,

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.

I am greatly pleased with your account of Fanny; I found her in the summer just as you describe, almost another sister, I could not have supposed that a niece would ever have been so much to me. She is quite after one's own heart.

That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit

At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear any thing to change them.