In such moments of precious, invaluable misery, she rejoiced in tears of agony...

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.

I want to be undone by you. I want to be the one to come to pieces in your arms, to forget there is anything in this world but the two of us.

I think we shall have trouble learning how to lie, having for so long practiced the art of going round and round the truth without ever lying about it, or reaching it either.

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

The bitter and the sweet come from the outside, the hard from within, from one's own efforts.

My loss may shine yet goodlier than your gain When Time and God give judgment.

Yoga is firstly for individual growth, but through individual growth, society and community develop.

You have to hold onto your fantasy.

Influence is not the same as authority. Authority can be abused by influence gives.

Because she is my sister, and therefore one half of me.

I'm more relaxed about how the editing process will create a performance and that, in a way, gives me a sense of freedom.