Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself. It was consequently necessary to name some other period for the commencement of actual felicity; to have some other point on which her wishes and hopes might be fixed, and by again enjoying the pleasure of anticipation, console herself for the present, and prepare for another disappointment. β¨ Jane Austen (2014). Pride and Prejudice, p.182, Lulu.com
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- One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty. β¨ Pride and Prejudice ch. 40 (1813)
- I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. β¨ Jane Austen (2008). Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. Illustrated by Hugh Thomson., p.41, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
- I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.
- What are you thinking of so earnestly? said he, as they walked back to the ballroom; not of your partner, I hope, for, by that shake of the head, your meditations are not satisfactory. Catherine colo β¦ βΆ
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