1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

Time will explain.

Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

Catherine had never wanted comfort more, and [Henry] looked as if he was aware of it.

All his wishes centred in domestic comfort and the quiet of private life.

- I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- I have been used to consider poetry as the food of love - said Darcy.- Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away. - Elizabeth Bennet

I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge.

Time did not compose her.

Das Vorrecht, das ich für mein Geschlecht beanspruche und das durchaus nicht so beneidenswert ist, dass Sie danach trachten müssten, besteht nur darin, dass unsere Liebe nimmer aufhört, auch wenn Leben und Hoffnung dahin sind.