Thread; my favorite Jane Austen quotes♡

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.”

“To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.”

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

“The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!”

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.. I have loved none but you.”

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”

“Indulge your imagination in every possible flight.”

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”

“Without music, life would be a blank to me.”

end of thread♡