Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. ↗

— Jane Austen

#good #lady #must #novel #person

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love #friendship

A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. ↗

— Jane Austen

#imagination #jumps #lady #love #matrimony

In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. ↗

— Jane Austen

#mr-darcy #love

I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. ↗

— Jane Austen

#deal #great #great deal #i #i do

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much! ↗

— Jane Austen

#requirements #love

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. ↗

— Jane Austen

#fortune #good #good fortune #man #must

Angry people are not always wise. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #wisdom #anger

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short. ↗

— Jane Austen

#catherine #or-the-bower #books

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love