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Quotes From Any of the Novels You Really Like
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Marren
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Dec 04, 2012 02:18PM
I agree :D That letter!
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~ Northanger Abbey
So true!!
"The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!"
~ Sense and Sensibility
This is me!!
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~ Pride and Prejudice
So very true!
Yes very true!You and I have the same app Soph ;-)
Soph wrote: ""Angry people are not always wise." ~ Pride and Prejudice
So very true!"
AT all, stay away from me from I am angry...
These are two I haven't seen mentioned yet that just go to show how universal JA is:"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." - from Emma
"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love." - from Northanger Abbey
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And will do Marren ;)
Those are two particularly great ones Laura!!
Quote of the day:"We none of us expect to be in smooth water all our days."
'Persuasion' by Jane Austen
How very true, as usual...
Jane was wise :)
Today's quote..."Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it."
'Northanger Abbey' by Jane Austen
Very apt!
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"A thoroughly good sermon, thoroughly well delivered, is a capital gratification." Mansfield ParkThat is so true, then I hear my self saying "amen Pastor" :D
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"I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself"'Mansfield Park' by Jane Austen
Quote of the day...
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Pride and Prejudice. Great quote!
And from Mansfield Park
"Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like."
Some truth in that I think!
Sarah Louise wrote: ""I think it ought not to be set down as certain that a man must be acceptable to every woman he may happen to like himself"'Mansfield Park' by Jane Austen
Quote of the day..."
I wrote down this quote a few days ago, whilst I was rereading the book. I like it, it just reminded me of a current situation.
Today's quote of the day (getting these from my app):"She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! alas! she must confess to herself that she was not wise yet."
'Persuasion' by Jane Austen
One of my favourite quote from Harry Potter:"We've all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are."
"Implacable resentment is a shade in a character" Pride and PrejudiceYou gotta let go. Don't hold things and people in your heart, you are damaging yourself.
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"...there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks." Pride and PrejudiceMrs. Gardiner used this quote to describe Mr. Darcy but as soon as I read it, I remember Mr. Tilney :)
Sarah Louise wrote: "Today's quote..."Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it."
'Northanger Abbey' by Jane Austen
Very apt!"
I love this quote. There are just some books/ characters that you just don't want to let go of.
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Marren wrote: ""...there is something pleasing about his mouth when he speaks." Pride and PrejudiceOh yes that's a good one :)
" A woman of seven and twenty," said Marianne, after pausing a moment, "can never hope to feel or inspire affection again..."Ladies and Gents, I am calling Marianne out on behalf of Anne Eliot and all other seven and twenty out there. To think I defended her and sympathy with her when Willoughby did the despicable to her. By the way this did not bother me when I read it a long time ago but it does now. "Time changes and people change with it" I did. Someone pass on this message to Marianne.
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I don't agree with Marianne (esp as I'm about to turn 32!). However, in the time it was written, there was some truth in it. It is mentioned in Persuasion that Anne is less likely to marry as she's now getting older. People married younger then, too - it was acceptable to marry at 15 or 16, but we would think that shocking (and not wise!) these days.
Ok, Soph, my heart flattered a bit, I know that is one thing we would not disagree on :D.On yes Sarah , I remember that bit from Persuasion. If you pass 20 and you are not married, it is like all hope is lot. I think this jolted me because I am weeks away from 28 and I have not connected with my better half. I felt Marianne told me to get lost. haha, hehe.
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But, you are right Sarah!! They were even getting a little worried at Jane (P&) who was 22!! And then Charlotte Lucas was 27 and had to settle for Collins!!
Oh how the times have changed, the woman need not worry if she is not married at 20. Women are marrying much later now, since the shift in the economy and social norms.
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I felt the same way at that age, even, I don't feel I am ready for marriage.
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'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.'
This WOULD be the quote on my birthday - it's no coincidence!!
Great quote Soph!My app isn't working :(
ha Soph, from your favourite book as well. Pride and Prejudice first chapter instantly pulls you in. That quote may be be varied now. It does not look like George Clooney is in a rush to get a wife :D
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It is my favourite book and one of my favourite quotes !! ;D
Hahahaha ;)
I love all the quotes. Here's my contribution from Mansfield Park
"No man dies of love but on the stage, Mr. Crawford."
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It is indeed. Love does not kill, haha.
