Jane Austen Quotes
Quotes to ardently admire and love.
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Jane Austen Quotes
If you aren't keen on the idea of a six-hour Pride and Prejudice movie night (though we think Colin Firth's smolder is well worth the time investment), these witty and insightful quotes will definitely keep you entertained. Click on any Jane Austen quote below to see it in context and find out where it falls on Shmoop's pretentious scale. Looking for even more Austen quotes? Head on over to her Shmoop biography.
"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature."Source: Northanger Abbey | Author: Jane Austen
"If one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another."Source: Mansfield Park | Author: Jane Austen
"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"There are few people whom I really love and still fewer of whom I think well."Source: Pride and Prejudice | Author: Jane Austen
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."Source: Persuasion | Author: Jane Austen