Pride and Prejudice, and Emma Quotes

“I am fatigued; but it is not the sort of fatigue–quick walking will refresh me. Miss Woodhouse, we all know at times what it is to be wearied in spirits.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“…though under temporary gloom at night, the return of day will hardly fail to bring return of spirits. The youth and cheerfulness of morning are in happy analogy, and of powerful operation; and if the distress be not poignant enough to keep the eyes unclosed, they will be sure to open to sensations of softened pain and brighter hope.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“Emma felt that she could not now show greater kindness than in listening.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“...do not give way to such feelings as these. They will ruin your happiness. You do no make allowance enough for difference of situation and temper.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“...with a mind so occupied, she might have forgotten where she was. Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went by without a solitary walk, in which she might indulge in all the delight of unpleasant recollections.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“Her looks and words had nothing to restrain them. She was happy, she knew she was happy, and knew she ought to be happy.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“To understand, thoroughly understand her own heart, was the first endeavour.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma

“She wanted to ascertain the feelings of each of her visitors, she wanted to compose her own, and to make herself agreeable to all;”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma