Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect."
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"You are in a melancholy humour, and fancy that any one unlike yourself must be happy. But remember that the pain of parting from friends will be felt by every body at times, whatever be their education or state. Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience — or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope."
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"And Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the family in general, soon procured herself a book."
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others."
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"…told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered…"
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?"
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours."
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy."
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
"The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!"
Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility
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