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“The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.”

Jane AustenPride Prejudice
Book:Pride and Prejudice
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“Marion stared into his face. “Thank you.” She blinked back sudden tears. “Mr. Bradley, you’re swell. You’ve helped my family so much, and I never appreciated it before.” “Thank you.” Mr. Bradley returned her look, intensely. “I care for all of you. You’re some of the best people I’ve ever known.” Marion smiled and mumbled, “Mr. Sour-face.” “What was that?” “Nothing!” She grinned wider. He smiled back. It was a nice smile.”

Jane AustenVintage Jane AustenSuit And Suitability
Book:Suit and Suitability
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“At last, the details finally settled, Abbey found herself coming to terms with the inevitable: the whole lot of them would go to Cape Cod. It was a dizzying prospect. Thirteen years ago she had said goodbye once and for all to the only man she had ever loved. Now she was setting out with him on a vacation, accompanied by a young woman determined above all else to become his wife.”

PerceptionPersuasionJane AustenVintage Jane Austen
Book:Perception
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“What?! Oh, Ellen, so the rumors are true! She’s married to Everett Shepherd! Why, I could wring his scrawny neck! I knew he was trouble. All men are! That cheating, no-good liar, cad, and—” “Please, Frances, I appreciate your taking up for me, but cursing him won’t help me. I’ve had a lot of time to ponder it, and I don’t think he’s worthy of that much censure. You see, he had been engaged to Leona Bingham for years, and it might have gone a little stale. He was attracted to me at first, but he stuck by Leona, as he ought to do. Men get tempted, but what really matters is what they do in the end.” Frances looked up at her, eyes and brows narrowed into a legible V. “Yep, you’re hurt. Girls like you, when they get hurt, they always defend the fella.”

Jane AustenVintage Jane AustenSense And SensibilitySuit And SuitabilityElinor DashwoodKelsey Bryant
Book:Suit and Suitability
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“They called each other by their Christian name, were always arm in arm when they walked, pinned up each other's train for the dance, and were not to be divided in the set; and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments, they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt, and shut themselves up, to read novels together.”

Jane AustenGirlfriendsRide Or Die
Book:Northanger Abbey / Love and Freindship
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“Persuasion?" "I grabbed it this morning. Can we read it next?" Jane's eyes were still closed. I ran my hand over the cover. "Why not? I could use a happy ending." "Austen always gives us that." "True, but she gave us more in this one. This one's the real deal." And for me it was. Without ever losing sight or diminishing Anne's reality and social limitations, Austen gave her and all of us the soft, steady hope of second chances, happiness, true love, and the promise that life might be better close to thirty than it was at eighteen. It was also an ending that didn't arrive with a ball and bow, but shot straight to the heart with the accuracy and power of a tipped arrow. And, as I visualized my face cream collection, we got to look better too. After all, Anne was a "very pretty girl" at eighteen. I contend she looked even better when her "bloom" returned.”

Positive OutlookJane AustenAnne ElliotPersuasion Novel
Book:Lizzy and Jane
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“Ella apreciaba la franqueza, el corazón abierto, el carácter impaciente antes que nada. El calor y el entusiasmo aún la cautivaban. Ella sentía que podía confiar mucho más en la sinceridad de aquellos que en alguna ocasión podían decir alguna cosa descuidada o ligera, que en aquellos cuya presencia de ánimo jamás variaba, cuya lengua jamás se deslizaba.”

PersuasionJane AustenConfianzaAnne ElliotFrederick WentworthPersonalidadCarácterLealtadSinceridadEntusiasmo
Book:Persuasion
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“— Sí. Ciertamente nosotras no nos olvidamos tan pronto de ustedes como ustedes se olvidan de nosotras. Quizá sea éste nuestro destino y no un mérito de nuestra parte. No podemos evitarlo. Vivimos en casa, quietas, retraídas, y nuestros sentimientos hacen presa de nosotras. Ustedes se ven obligados a andar. Tienen una profesión, propósitos, negocios de una u otra clase que les llevan inmediatamente de vuelta al mundo, y la ocupación continua y el cambio debilitan las impresiones.”

PersuasionJane AustenMujerSentimientosHombreAnne ElliotFrederick WentworthSexismoDesigualdad De Género
Book:Persuasion
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“But in all that carved and sculptured splendour of the history of England, its wars, its wealth, and its religion, its princes and prelates, and its imperial conquests, there were only two memorials that touched the heart. One was the chantry of William of Wykeham, saved from Cromwell's destroyers by the drawn sword of a Wykehamist captain, a Cromwellian, who stood upon the chantry steps and, against all comers, defended the tomb of the Founder. And the other was the little old lady of College Street, who commanded no armies and attacked no religions, who was burnt at no stake and married no prince, whose life added no faintest ripple to the waves and storms of England, and no fragment of a line to its recorded history; who is, alone among mortals, loved by all and hated by none, and who is, alone among the Great, imitated by none and parodied by none. English of the English, heart of English heart, bone of English bone, kindliest and gayest and gentlest, her memorial is not so wide as a church door nor so high as Albert's, but it is in Alfred's town, in Wykeham's cathedral, near Arthur's Table, and it will serve.”

Jane AustenWinchesterWilliam Of Wykeham
Book:England, their England
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“Darcy shrugged. “God’s plans are better than ours. I thought Lizzie was the one for me, but turns out, God had other ideas.” He looked over at Rick, his expression turning more serious. “Sometimes we don’t end up where we thought we would, but that doesn’t mean we’re in the wrong place.”

God QuotesJane AustenGod S PlanPride And PrejudiceGod S Will QuotesPride And Prejudice Variations
Book:Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love
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