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“Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies” ~ Jane Austen

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“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be” ~ Jane Austen

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“I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve” ~ Jane Austen

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“She was stronger alone” ~ Jane Austen

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“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” ~ Jane Austen

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“A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself” ~ Jane Austen

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“Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise” ~ Jane Austen

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“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do” ~ Jane Austen

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“I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh” ~ Jane Austen’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE.

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“Better be without sense than misapply it as you do” ~ Jane Austen

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” ~ Jane Austen

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“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way” ~ Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”

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"I hope not, I believe not," cried Elinor. "I love Willoughby, sincerely love him; and suspicion of his integrity cannot be more painful to yourself than to me” ~ Jane Austen

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“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more” ~ Jane Austen’s EMMA

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid” ~ Jane Austen

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“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you” ~ Jane Austen

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“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort” ~ Jane Austen

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“I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives” ~ Jane Austen

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“There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves” ~ Jane Austen

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“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” ~ Jane Austen

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“Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan” ~ Jane Austen

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“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control” ~ Jane Austen

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book” ~ Jane Austen

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We here at Jane Austen LIVES are live on @bsky.app. We will bring daily positive quotes & findings that are all things Jane Austen! We love her & in our hearts - she still LIVES 🌺 #JaneAusten #Quotes #Austenesque #Jane #Books #Regency #Womenwriters

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