1,664 Quotes by Jane Austen

No sé, todavía qué es lo que separa el aprecio del amor.

No podría ser feliz con un hombre cuyo gusto no coincidiera en todo momento con el mío. Tendría que participar en todos mis sentimientos. Los mismos libros, la misma música habría de hechizarnos a los dos.

I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manner were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony. Half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.

Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what one has left behind.

…each found her greatest safety in silence…

Todos debemos procurar estar satisfechos allí donde nos encontremos, y más aún en nuestro propio hogar, que es donde más tiempo estamos obligados a permanecer.