Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business.

The less said the better.

I have not a doubt of your doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying, that nothing will ever be resolved on; so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your income.

We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.