I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.

It's only by being obstinate that anything is got, or done.

The best would be to have friends who came and went away; but if I had to choose between their never coming or never going away, I think I would choose that they do not come.

I don't know if I believe in God, but I know I believe in the devil. I have met him.

When you learn to read you will be born again...and you will never be quite so alone again.

in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.

It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by.