

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice

“鈥here is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover鈥檚 whisper, irresistible鈥攎agic to make the sanest man go mad.”
― The Iliad
― The Iliad

“What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. For weeks, Marianne, I've had this pressing on me without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature. It was forced on me by the very person whose prior claims ruined all my hope. I have endured her exultations again and again whilst knowing myself to be divided from Edward forever. Believe me, Marianne, had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.”
― Sense and Sensibility
― Sense and Sensibility

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
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