Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.

If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.

To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect

But to appear happy when I am so miserable — Oh! who can require it?

Eleanor went to her room "where she was free to think and be wretched.

From a night of more sleep than she had expected, Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes.

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be...yours.

I can feel no sentiment of approbation inferior to love.

…told herself likewise not to hope. But it was too late. Hope had already entered…

If a book is well written, I always find it too short.

In no man's land, alien is the queen.

Death gives people the courage to be honest, sometimes for the first time in their lives.

If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either.

The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.

Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.

I always say, "When you know it's right, everything will fall into place."

I think men don't know what they want, so the idea of not knowing what they're getting makes it a little easier on them.

United States military involvement in Syria has deepened since President Trump took office.

What a surprise to find you could shift the contents of your head like rearranging furniture in a room.

Preach the Truth as if you had a million voices. It is silence that kills the world.