"She is tolerable, I suppose, but not handsome enough to tempt me; I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me." -Pride and Prejudice
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."
— Jane Austen (Persuasion)
"Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another!"
— Jane Austen (Emma)
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
"Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
— Jane Austen