“The woman before him did not seem trapped. She had a calm about her instead, as if she finally knew what, and whom, she could count on. For it was never as much as any of us like to hope - the key was to know whom one could trust to be there and when, in good times and in bad.” TrustExpectationsRealism Book:The Jane Austen Society Source: The Jane Austen Society
“He was becoming quite worried for Mr. Darcy. It seemed to Adam that once a man notices a woman’s eyes to be fine, and tries to eavesdrop on her conversations, and finds himself overly affected by her bad opinion of him, then such a man is on the path to something uncharted, whether he admits it to himself or not.” LoveJane AustenMr Darcy Book:The Jane Austen Society Source: The Jane Austen Society
“It only now broke through Henrietta's consciousness how much of love was about touch -- and how destabilizing. All she wanted was to be with him, and this desire washed away everything else like the sea. The world was now surface landscape, mere background to her want and need: -he- was its gravitational pull, its chemical center. In their few moments of intimacy together, she had never felt less alone -- or more at home with herself. This must be the true power of love: the willingness to leave one's world behind for a place that had been hiding deep inside you all along, another lost island. She was stunned to realize she didn't mind the prospect....” LoveSelfConnectionTouch Book:Austen at Sea Source: Austen at Sea