Mae > Mae's Quotes

“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ”
― Jane Austen

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control. ”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“What strange creatures brothers are!”
― Jane Austen

“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.
It is something to think of”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“I am excessively diverted.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“We mistake sex for romance. Guys are taught that pushing a girl up against a wall is romance. Sex is easy; you can do it with anyone, yourself, with batteries. Romance is when someone you like walks into a room and they take your breath away. Romance is when two people are dancing and they fit together perfectly. Romance is when two people are walking next to each other and all of a sudden they find themselves holding hands, and they don’t know how that happened”
― John C. Moffi

“Making love to me is amazing. Wait, I meant: making love, to me, is amazing. The absence of two little commas nearly transformed me into a sex god.
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― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.

“Suck every moment from life. We should all do more of that.”
― Tammy Falkner, Tall, Tatted and Tempting

“No, but sometimes if we understand why someone does what they do it helps take the sting of the hurt away.”
― Denise Grover Swank, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes

“What that woman said, it wasn't right. Just remember that she doesn’t know you. You can’t change the opinions of small-minded people.”
― Denise Grover Swank, Twenty-Eight and a Half Wishes