Sunday, 1 August 2010


"You have not been long enough in Bath," said he, "to enjoy the evening parties of the place."
-Persuasion Volume 2 Chapter 10

"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
-Pride and Prejudice Volume 3 Chapter 16

"I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. "
-Emma Volume 3 Chapter 7

"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."
-Northanger Abbey Volume 1 Chapter 6


I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.
-Pride and Prejudice Volume 1 Chapter 11