Jane Austen

No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment. ↗

— Jane Austen

#another #loves #make #man #offended

Without music, life would be a blank to me. ↗

— Jane Austen

#music #life

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet. ↗

— Jane Austen

#self-awareness #self-improvement #wise

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

— Jane Austen

#compliments #discussion #disdain #intelligence #opposition

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours. ↗

— Jane Austen

#love #pronouncements-of-love #love

Time will explain. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. ↗

— Jane Austen

#beauty #girls #prettiness #beauty

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart. ↗

— Jane Austen

#pride

She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet. ↗

— Jane Austen

#mr-darcy #pride-and-prejudice #pride

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. ↗

— Jane Austen

#memory #pain #pleasure #life