Every young lady may feel for my heroine in this critical moment, for every young lady has at some time or other known the same agitation.
Jane AustenA very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world.
Jane AustenMr. Knightley, if I have not spoken, it is because I am afraid I will awaken myself from this dream.
Jane AustenI have no more to say. If this be the case, he deserves you. I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any one less worthy.
Jane AustenNot keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and compliments of every day to be related as they ought to be, unless noted down every evening in a journal? How are your various dresses to be remembered, and the particular state of your complexion, and curl of your hair to be described in all their diversities, without having constant recourse to a journal?
Jane Austen