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“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves.

"You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They
are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration
these last twenty years at least.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“A family of ten children will be always called a fine family, where there are heads and arms and legs enough for the number.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“Give us grace, Almighty Father, so to pray, as to deserve to be heard, to address thee with our Hearts, as with our Lips.”
― Rachel Dodge, Praying with Jane: 31 Days through the Prayers of Jane Austen