The best Quotes by Jane Austen

Writers & Poets

The best Quotes by Jane Austen

Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist. The anonymously published Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1816), were a modest success but brought her little fame in her lifetime.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

Northanger Abbey

4

If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.

Sense and Sensibility

2

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

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Dancing Falling in love

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

1

There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.

2

Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

2

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

Dancing Falling in love

My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

Pride and Prejudice

5

Wealth & Richness

Quotes about Jane Austen

"Sometimes," he said, "when I'm in a social pickle, I like to ask myself, WWJAD?" I raised an eyebrow, and he explained. "What Would Jane Austen Do?"

Jennifer Lynn Barnes in The Naturals

Anna May: "You'll need a Jane Austen."
Madeleine: "A Charlotte Brontë."
Florence: "And a Virginia Woolf."
Madeleine: "Oh, and an Agatha Christie. For reading."

Gunpowder Milkshake

Agatha Christie Charlotte Brontë Virginia Woolf

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Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.

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I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once.

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The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

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You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.

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It's not the bad memories that tear a person apart. It's the good ones.

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The trick to being abandoned was to never let yourself long for anyone who left.

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Everything's a game, Avery Grambs. The only thing we get to decide in this life is if we play to win.

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Most people built walls to protect themselves. Dean did it to protect everyone else.

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Some people said that broken bones grew back stronger. On the good days, I told myself that was true, that each time the world tried to break me, I became a little less breakable.

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Maybe, to do what you and I do, we have to have a little bit of the monster in us.

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Scarlet: "You are an increidbly impressive young woman. There's no single person on earth I'd rather kill people with."
Sam: "Thanks, mom."

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Yankee: "Nathan's worried about you. Doesn't want you to do anything stupid. So why don't you hand over the suitcase, and nobody gets hurt."
Sam: "Counter-offer: Go back to Nathan, tell him you tried, but I roughed you up. Oh, you can beat each other up for added realism!"

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Sam: "You're bleeding."
Scarlet: "Just another day at the office."

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One doesn't recognize the really important moments in one's life until it's too late.

Agatha Christie

Very few of us are what we seem.

Agatha Christie

1

Language is wine upon the lips.

Virginia Woolf

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Virginia Woolf

Sometimes, strangers can become more like family than blood ever could.

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A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.

Zeus in Hercules

11

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My ambition is handicapped by laziness.

Charles Bukowski in Factotum

7

Laziness Ambition

If believing in yourself and going after what you want in life and realising your worth is ruthless and selfish, then I'm definitely ruthless and selfish.

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Wealth is a nightmare. With each coveted thing we buy, we lose a thing we dream about.

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Wealth & Richness

After all, you still need time to just sit there and take a look around.

Astrid Lindgren

7

It's real, Six. You can't get mad at a real ending. Some of them are ugly. It's the fake happily ever afters that should piss you off.

Colleen Hoover in Hopeless

4

What other people think of you is none of your business.

Paulo Coelho

25

Self-Confidence Gossip & Rumors

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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