Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.

If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out." -Elizabeth

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

But it is very foolish to ask questions about any young ladies — about any three sisters just grown up; for one knows, without being told, exactly what they are — all very accomplished and pleasing, and one very pretty. There is a beauty in every family. — It is a regular thing

I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.