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They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.

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her spirits wanted the solitude and silence which only numbers could give.

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I . . . am always half afraid of finding a clever novel too clever--& of finding my own story & my own people all forestalled.

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Is not poetry the food of love?

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Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!

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You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.

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I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on till I am.

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The ladies here probably exchanged looks which meant, 'Men never know when things are dirty or not;' and the gentlemen perhaps thought each to himself, 'Women will have their little nonsense and needless cares.'

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Mary wished to say something very sensible, but knew not how.

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

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There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.

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The post office has a great charm at one point of our lives. When you have lived to my age, you will begin to think letters are never worth going through the rain for.

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The longer they were together the more doubtful seemed the nature of his regard, and sometimes for a few painful minutes she believed it to be no more than friendship

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How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!

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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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Provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.

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I have changed my mind, and changed the trimmings of my cap this morning; they are now such as you suggested.

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I wrote without much effort; for I was rich, and the rich are always respectable, whatever be their style of writing.

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I have no more to say. If this be the case, he deserves you. I could not have parted with you, my Lizzy, to any one less worthy.

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I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more

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