Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment.

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.

Change has to be hard because you're fighting against inertia.

He was one of life’s great helpers, for he cleaned up foul places and made them sweet.

A hint of jealously once in a while is not only natural but a compliment therefore, always smile and accept it graciously for it shows they care...

Those whose own light is quenched are often the light-bringers.

The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to the hour of his death never lose sight of it.

I feel arrogant trying to give people advice.

I want to be the best leadoff hitter of our time.

I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queen's on thrones, without self-respect and peace.

Faith in a higher power helps us to control our mind and thoughts.

I’m pleased by anything in myself that strikes me as not myself.