#jane

Plainly, she is quite besotted by him,... a girl, a young girl, and she is falling in love for the first time in her life. ...little Kitty Howard at a loss, stumbling in her speech, blushing like a rose, thinking of someone else and not herself is to see a girl become a woman. ↗

— Philippa Gregory

#jane-seymour #katherine-howard #life

The bottom line is: if you were a jerk in your original life, you're probably going to be a bigger undead jerk, If you were a decent person, say a juvenile-services librarian with a secret collection of unicorn figurines, you're probably going to be a kinder, gentler vampire. ↗

— Molly Harper

#molly-harper #nice-girls-don-t-have-fangs #unicorns #life

And if you couldn't be loved, the next best thing was to be let alone. ↗

— L.M. Montgomery

#hill #jane #lantern #love #love

Written on the mirror, revealed by the steam, were the words, I love you, Jane. ↗

— J.R. Ward

#vishous #love

Well had Solomon said,'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#love

I scorn your idea of love,' I could not help saying, as I rose up and stood before him, leaning my back against the rock. 'I scorn the counterfeit sentiment you offer: yes, St. John, and I scorn you when you offer it. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#love

...there is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow-creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#jane-eyre #love

Mama, the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. ↗

— Jane Austen

#jane-austen #love #marianne-dashwood #sense-and-sensibility #world

Which is better? - To have surrendered to temptation; listened to passion; made no painful effort - no struggled; - but to have sunk down in the silken snare; fallen asleep on the flower covering it; wakened in a southern clime, amongst the luxuries of a pleasure villa: to have been now living in France, Mr. Rochester's mistress; delirious with his love half my time - for he would - oh, yes, he would have love me well for a while. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#love

Am I your special someone? Or just someone special?" --Janet ↗

— Justin Villanueva

#janet #love #romance #love