We can all begin freelyโa slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.
Jane AustenIs there not something wanted, Miss Price, in our language - a something between compliments and - and love - to suit the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had together?
Jane AustenYet there it was not love. It was a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must, end in love with some
Jane AustenThere are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
Jane Austen