Emma Jane Austen Quotes
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I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him.
— Jane Austen
'Clueless' is an adaptation of 'Emma' by Jane Austen. It works either way: if you know the book and if you don't.
— Jason Moore
admitted it to be no more than due decorum." - Emma
— Jane Austen
She was right off that scale, stranger; hurricane force nine was a gentle breeze where she came from.
— Julian Barnes
The hair was curled, and the maid sent away, and Emma sat down to think and be miserable.
— Jane Austen
Mr. Knightley, in fact, was one of the few people who could see faults in Emma Woodhouse, and the only one who ever told her of them.
— Jane Austen
I admire your capacity for admiring.
— Jonathan Franzen
You might not see one in a hundred with
gentleman so plainly written as in Mr. Knightley. — Jane Austen
gentleman so plainly written as in Mr. Knightley. — Jane Austen
When one has one good day in the year, one is not wholly unfortunate.
— Marguerite De Navarre
Move over, Emma Woodhouse. You have met your match.
— Diane Moody
She was his own Emma, by hand and word
— Jane Austen
A strategic victory seen as luck by laymen.
— Toba Beta
A hundred things may come up to distract him and attempt to drive him away, but his picture is of paramount importance.
— Roger McDonald
I'm named after Jane Austen's Emma, and I've always been able to relate to her. She's strong, confident but quite tactless.
— Emma Donoghue
That's true," she cried - "very true. Little Emma, grow up a better woman than your aunt. Be infinitely cleverer and not half so conceited.
— Jane Austen
Badly done, Emma!
— Jane Austen
But Mr. Elton had only drunk wine enough to elevate his spirits, not at all to confuse his intellects.
— Jane Austen
I think fear is unavoidable and that, when recognized and embraced, it's something that can work for you - especially in the audition room.
— Trevor Donovan
No," said he, smiling, "that is no subject of regret at all. I have no pleasure in seeing my friends, unless I can believe myself fit to be seen.
— Jane Austen
She remembered love, though, and a feeling of warmth. It was like remembering light, or the glow that sometimes persists after a light has gone out.
— Alexander McCall Smith
Emma - "faultless, in spite of her faults
— Jane Austen
Reading is the magic key that takes you where you want to be.
— Alice Joyce Davidson
Stop looking for the next secret door that is going to lead you to your real life. Stop waiting. This is it: there's nothing else.
— Lev Grossman
Many people still believe that "tough guy" means having a camel type muscles rather than a lion heart.
— M.F. Moonzajer
The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
Emma knows I never flatter her,
— Jane Austen
My Emma, does not every thing serve to prove more and more the beauty of truth and sincerity in all our dealings with each other?
— Jane Austen
No! Thank you for thinking I am thoughtful.
— Jane Austen
I don't approve of surprises. The pleasure is never enhanced and the inconvenience is considerable.
— Jane Austen
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— Anonymous
Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
— Publilius Syrus