Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.

Mama, the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge

…the more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

Dear, dear Norland,’ said Elinor, ‘probably looks much as it always does at this time of year. The woods and walks thickly covered with dead leaves.’ ‘Oh!’ cried Marianne, ‘with what transporting sensations have I...

Every thing he did was right. Every thing he said was clever. If their evenings at the park included cards, he cheated himself and all the rest of the party to get her a good...

(Golden Globe acceptance speech in the style of Jane Austen’s letters):”Four A.M. Having just returned from an evening at the Golden Spheres, which despite the inconveniences of heat, noise and overcrowding, was not without its...

The thing that worries me is that I’m so different from other writers. Connecticut is just another state to me. And nature – well, nature is just nature. When I see a tree whose leafy...

Charlotte Palmer is no sillier than Harriet Smith; and yet, how intolerable we should find it to see and hear as much of Charlotte as we do of Harriet! And would Miss Bates have been...

You may marry Miss Grey for her fifteen pounds but you will always be my Willoughby. My nightmare. My sorrow. My past. My mistake. My regret. My love.

Her family had of late been exceedingly fluctuating. For many years of her life she had had two sons; but the crime and annihilation of Edward a few weeks ago, had robbed her of one;...

Every romantic woman dreams of Willoughby. However, every wise woman’s heart knows Colonel Brandon would take care of her when she was sick, love her when she was well and know her worth every day...