“Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and, however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.” Jane Austen
“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.” Jane Austen
“If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.” – Jane Austen Jane Austen
“She was sensible and clever, but eager in eveything; her sorrows, her joys could have no moderation.” – Jane Austen Jane Austen
“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opini…” – Jane Austen Jane Austen
“There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My c…” – Jane Austen Jane Austen
