
And Pride and Prejudice was the most stunning, bite-your-hand romance ever, the kind that stared straight into Jane's soul and made her shudder. —
Shannon Hale

Some people call him proud but I am sure I never saw anything of it. To my fancy, it is only because he does not rattle away like other young men. —
Jane Austen

She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man. —
Jane Austen

Blessed with the love of a good man, I felt equal to anything - even the prospect of living out my days in the Antipodes. —
Jennifer Paynter

Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? —
Jane Austen

You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it! —
Jane Austen

I should indefinitely prefer a book. —
Jane Austen

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again. —
Jane Austen

How earnestly did she then wish that her former opinions had been more reasonable, more moderate! —
Jane Austen

Obstinate, headstrong girl! —
Jane Austen

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

Men of sense do not want silly wives. —
Jane Austen

Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her. —
Jane Austen

'Pride and Prejudice' is often compared to 'Cinderella,' but Jane Austen's real 'Cinderella' tale is 'Mansfield Park.' —
Susanna Clarke

Miss Bingley was left to all the satisfaction of having forced him to say what gave no on any pain but herself.
- Pride & Prejudice —
Jane Austen

I dearly love a laugh. —
Jane Austen

'Pride and Prejudice' - perhaps more than any other Jane Austen book - is engrained in our literary consciousness. —
Seth Grahame-Smith

Sex sells, even to smart, liberated women, and Mr. Darcy was the smart girl's pinup boy. —
Karen Doornebos

Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person. —
Jane Austen

If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure. —
Jane Austen

Tell me of your Willoughbys, Heathcliffs and Wickhams in literature and I will tell you I met them all. —
Shannon L. Alder

What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant? —
Jane Austen

Oh hang kitty; what has she to do with it? Come, be quick. Be quick. Where is your sash? —
Jane Austen

Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. —
Jane Austen