—There will be nothing singular in his case; and it is singularity which often makes the worst part of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct.
Jane Austen…she had no resources for solitude…
Jane AustenTag: solitude
He had an affectionate heart. He must love somebody.
Jane AustenTag: love
…Elinor was then at liberty to think and be wretched.
Jane AustenTag: heartbreak
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.
Jane AustenTag: misery
To such perseverance in willful self-deception Elizabeth would make no reply, and immediately and in silence withdrew; determined, that if he persisted in considering her repeated refusals as flattering encouragement, to apply to her father, whose negative might be uttered in such a manner as must be decisive, and whose behavior at least could not be mistaken for the affectation and coquetry of an elegant female.
Jane AustenBut the inexplicability of the General's conduct dwelt much on her thoughts. That he was very particular in his eating, she had, by her own unassisted observation, already discovered; but why should he say one thing so positively, and mean another all the while, was most unaccountable. How were people, at that rate, to be understood?
Jane AustenTag: honesty literal-meaning
You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope
Jane AustenTo flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment
Jane AustenShe is loveliness itself.
Jane AustenTag: women
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