I am Emma Woodhouse. I feel for her, of her and in her. I have a different sort of snobbism, but I understand her snobbism. Her priggishness. I admire it. I know she does wrong things, she tries to organize other people's lives, she can't see Mr Knightley is a man in a million. She's temporarily silly, yet all the time one knows she's basically intelligent. Creative, determined to set the highest standards. A real human being.
John FowlesTag: intelligence jane-austen snobbery emma mr-knightley
It was more important for me to try, than to not have the chance at all.
Rebecca DonovanTag: courage try determination chance emma important reason-to-breathe rebecca-donovan attempt
I had to sever my emotional cord to escape the anger and shame that silently slithered through my head, disconnecting myself from the stares and whispers that followed me down the hall.
Rebecca DonovanTag: weakness shame struggle guilt anger self-hatred feelings escape thoughts emma emotional sever disconnecting stares
Not being liked was so much worse than being invisible.
Rebecca DonovanTag: emotions feelings invisible emma outcast liked reason-to-breathe rebecca-donovan
I couldn't believe I let him see me like this, unable to fend for myself. I fumed in disgust at my vulnerability. I didn't want Evan to think I needed protecting. I pulled back my torment and let the numb blanket envelop me, pushing away the stirred memories, the noise of the crowd, and the trembling that still lay beneath the surface. I stared at the flames licking at the darkness and everything was lost as I sank deeper into nothingness.
Rebecca DonovanTag: lost darkness weak memories vulnerability emma numb surface flames disgust vulnerable reason-to-breathe protecting rebecca-donovan
He was a breath of fresh air after the heart wrenching storm that had engulfed me.
Rebecca DonovanTag: emotions storm feelings relief emma air reason-to-breathe rebecca-donovan engulfed
It's gonna be the scene of a homicide if you don't put bitchy on the back burner
Rachel VincentYeah.” I took another deep breath. “I’m gonna die, Emma.”
“You mean eventually, right?” She blinked, and I could tell it hadn’t sunk in. “Please tell me you’re making some kind of big-picture philosophical
statement about the inevitability of death and the transient nature of human existence.”
“Not eventually, Em. Sometime on Thursday.
I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she can hesitate as to "'Yes,'" she ought to say "'No'" directly. It is not a state to be safely entered into with doubtful feelings, with half a heart.
Jane AustenYou must be the best judge of your own happiness. If you prefer Mr. Martin to every other person; if you think him the most agreeable man you have ever been in company with, why should you hesitate?
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