Famous Jane Austen Quotes

  • Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure – Jane Austen

    Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure– Jane Austen

  • Shall I ask you how the church is to be filled, if a man is neither to take orders with a living, nor without? – Jane Austen

    Shall I ask you how the church is to be filled, if a man is neither to take orders with a living, nor without?– Jane Austen

  • Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself – Jane Austen

    Mr. Collins was to attend them, at the request of Mr. Bennet, who was most anxious to get rid of him, and have his library to himself– Jane Austen

  • -¦she had no resources for solitude-¦ – Jane Austen

    -¦she had no resources for solitude-¦– Jane Austen

  • The I examined my own heart. And there you were. Never, I fear, to be removed. – Jane Austen

    The I examined my own heart. And there you were. Never, I fear, to be removed.– Jane Austen

  • You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope…I have loved none but you. – Jane Austen

    You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope…I have loved none but you.– Jane Austen

  • I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive. – Jane Austen

    I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive.– Jane Austen

  • Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what one has left behind. – Jane Austen

    Whenever you are transplanted, like me, you will understand how very delightful it is to meet with anything at all like what one has left behind.– Jane Austen

  • A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride. – Jane Austen

    A distinction to which they had been born gave no pride.– Jane Austen

  • Completely and perfectly and incandescently happy… – Jane Austen

    Completely and perfectly and incandescently happy…– Jane Austen