Had 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.

Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.

I am not born to sit still and do nothing. If I lose the game, it shall not be from not striving for it.

Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! Worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise.--Marianne Dashwood

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.

I do not find it easy to talk to people I don't know.