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I am all astonishment.

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I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.

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I must have my share in the conversation.

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If people like to read their books, it is all very well, but to be at so much trouble in filling great volumes, which, as I used to think, nobody would willingly ever look into, to be labouring only for the torment of little boys and girls, always struck me as a hard fate.

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I am rather impatient to know the fate of my best gown.

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When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort.

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A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.

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there is not the least wit in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain spoken being, and may blunder on the borders of a repartee for half an hour together without striking it out.

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Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.

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This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

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she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly.

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The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it.

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It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.

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I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding— certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.

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Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done.

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Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

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We certainly do not forget you, so soon as you forget us. It is, perhaps, our fate rather than our merit. We cannot help ourselves.

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She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise yet.

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We can all begin freely—a slight preference is natural enough; but there are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.

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that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)

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