A man does not recover from such devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not.
Jane AustenSitting with her on Sunday evening - a wet Sunday evening - the very time of all others when if a friend is at hand the heart must be opened, and every thing told.
Jane AustenAlways resignation and acceptance. Always prudence and honour and duty. Elinor, where is your heart?
Jane AustenThere is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be. Our foggy climate wants help.
Jane AustenShe tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course; and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence โ โSurely, if there be constant attachment on each side, our hearts must understand each other ere long. We are not boy and girl, to be captiously irritable, misled by every momentโs inadvertence, and wantonly playing with our own happiness.โ And yet, a few minutes afterwards, she felt as if their being in company with each other, under their present circumstances, could only be exposing them to inadvertencies and misconstructions of the most mischievous kind.
Jane Austen