"Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.”

“Her form, though not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was more striking; and her face was so lovely, that when in the common cant of praise she was called a beautiful girl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens.”

“It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before.”

“Solitude makes us tougher towards ourselves and tenderer towards others. In both ways it improves our character.”

“Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up.”

“Cities of mortals woe-begone Fantastic care derides, But in the serious landscape lone Stern benefit abides.”

“There are two classes of authors: the one write the history of their times, the other their biography.”

“It was completely fruitless to quarrel with the world, whereas the quarrel with oneself was occasionally fruitful and always, she had to admit, interesting.”

“Are you distracted by outward cares? Then allow yourself a space of quiet wherein you can add to your knowledge of the Good and learn to curb your restlessness. Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul. Avail yourself often, then, of this retirement, and so continually renew yourself.”