Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.

“Indeed how can one care for those one has never seen?”

“A woman is not to marry a man merely because she is asked, or because he is att…”

“A report of a most alarming nature reached me two days ago.”

“How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one …”