30 Jane Austen phrases to learn more about this literary icon

I declare that there is no better entertainment than reading. People tire less easily with a book than with anything else.

You bewitched my body and my soul, I love you, I love you, I love you!

Farewell, disappointments and sorrows. What do men care for rocks and mountains?

Nothing is more deceptive than the appearance of humility. Often it’s just carelessness in judgment, and sometimes it’s indirect ostentation.

If I loved her less, I might be able to say more about it.

It is not time or opportunity that determine trust; only the nature does.

Angry people are not always wise.

Anything is preferable or bearable to a marriage without affection.

There is a stubbornness in me that can never bear to be frightened by the will of others. My courage always increases with every attempt to intimidate me.

Is not general inattention the very essence of love?

Half the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other half.

I don’t want people to be too kind; because it saves me the trouble of liking them too much.

It’s not what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

I desire, like all mortals, to be perfectly happy; but, like all mortals, I want to be happy in my own way.

His state of mind demanded the solitude and silence that only a large number of people can bestow.

His eyes wandered here, there, everywhere, in wonder. She had come to be happy, and she was already happy.

Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for others.

Time or opportunity does not determine intimacy, only willingness.

She wanted to know what was going through his mind at that moment, how he thought of her, and if, despite everything, she was still dear to him.

It sometimes happens that a woman is more beautiful at 29 than she was ten years before.

How many examples must they testify of unselfish and unselfish ardent affection, of heroism, courage, patience, resignation; of all the conflicts and sacrifices that ennoble us the most.

When, finally, she is sure of his love, she will have all the leisure to, in turn, fall in love as she sees fit.

True friendship is so rare in the world!

I can’t live without music at all. For me, it’s a vital necessity.

I would more easily forgive his vanity if he hadn’t offended mine.

What appears in a sick man’s room is his weakness, not his strength; what is heard is their selfishness and impatience, rather than generosity and courage.