"Yes," replied Darcy, who could contain himself..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“One likes to hear what is to be going on, to be au fair with the newest modes of being trifling and silly.”

“When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable If I have not an excellent library.”

“It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”

“I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering.”

“A respectable man may love madly, but not foolishly.”

“True achievement in any sphere of action depends upon real ability, and a strong, deep, whole-souled love.”

“More and more too, the old name absorbs into me. Mannahatta, 'the place encircled by many swift tides and sparkling waters.' How fit a name for America's great democratic island city! The word itself, how beautiful! how aboriginal! how it seems to rise with tall spires, glistening in sunshine, with such New World atmosphere, vista and action!”

“Life is beautiful and living is pain.”

“What is peace? Is it war? No. Is it strife? No. Is it lovely, and gentle, and beautiful, and pleasant, and serene, and joyful? O yes!”