Henry Tilney Quotes

“Now I must give one smirk and then we may be rational again”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“Her passion for ancient edifices was next in degree to her passion for Henry Tilney-- and castles and abbeys made usually the charm of those reveries which his image did not fill.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“...no one can think more highly of the understanding of women than I do. In my opinion, nature has given them so much that they never find it necessary to use more than half.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

“What a picture of intellectual poverty.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey Jane Austen