I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!- Elizabeth Bennet
Jane AustenHad I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly.
Jane AustenHad Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him; but, though she could not look, she could listen, and he told her of feelings, which, in proving of what importance she was to him, made his affection every moment more valuable.
Jane Austen