Res ipsa loquitur.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Becoming Jane
Affection is desirable. Money is absolutely indispensable!
~Mrs. Austen
If I marry, I want it to be out of affection.
~Jane Austen
What value will there ever be in life, if we are not together?
~Tom Lefroy
Experience is vital.
~Tom Lefroy
Sometimes affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom.
~Mr. Wisley
Nothing destroys spirit like poverty.
~Rev. Austen
I find irony is insult with a smiling face.
~Judge Langlois
Justice plays no part in the law.
~Tom Lefroy
If a woman happens to have a particular superiority, for example, a profound mind, it is best kept a profound secret. Humour is liked more, but wit?. No. It is the most treacherous talent of them all.*
~Rev. Austen
Jane Austen: Could I really have this?
Tom Lefroy: What, precisely?
Jane Austen: You.
Tom Lefroy: Me? How?
Jane Austen: This life with you.
Tom Lefroy: Yes.
"She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was a union that must have been to the advantage of both. By her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved, and from his judgment, information and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance. But no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude what connubial felicity really was."
~Jane Austen reading Pride and Prejudice
*A favourite of mine.
~Mrs. Austen
If I marry, I want it to be out of affection.
~Jane Austen
What value will there ever be in life, if we are not together?
~Tom Lefroy
Experience is vital.
~Tom Lefroy
Sometimes affection is a shy flower that takes time to blossom.
~Mr. Wisley
Nothing destroys spirit like poverty.
~Rev. Austen
I find irony is insult with a smiling face.
~Judge Langlois
Justice plays no part in the law.
~Tom Lefroy
If a woman happens to have a particular superiority, for example, a profound mind, it is best kept a profound secret. Humour is liked more, but wit?. No. It is the most treacherous talent of them all.*
~Rev. Austen
Jane Austen: Could I really have this?
Tom Lefroy: What, precisely?
Jane Austen: You.
Tom Lefroy: Me? How?
Jane Austen: This life with you.
Tom Lefroy: Yes.
"She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was a union that must have been to the advantage of both. By her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved, and from his judgment, information and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance. But no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude what connubial felicity really was."
~Jane Austen reading Pride and Prejudice
*A favourite of mine.
Labels: Jane Austen, movie, Pride and Prejudice
Monday, November 23, 2009
Random and Mansfield Park
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
-JOHN LOCKE
You are today where your thoughts have brought you.
You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
-JAMES ALLEN
I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
-MRS. GRANT, Mansfield Park
Those who see quickly will resolve quickly, and act quickly.
-JULIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
Nothing fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
-MS. CRAWFORD, Mansfield Park
I cannot but think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.
-MARIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
-JOHN LOCKE
You are today where your thoughts have brought you.
You will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
-JAMES ALLEN
I pay very little regard to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.
-MRS. GRANT, Mansfield Park
Those who see quickly will resolve quickly, and act quickly.
-JULIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
Nothing fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
-MS. CRAWFORD, Mansfield Park
I cannot but think that good horsemanship has a great deal to do with the mind.
-MARIA BERTRAM, Mansfield Park
Labels: book, Jane Austen
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Mrs. Norris of Mansfield Park
Whatever I can do, as you well know, I am always ready enough to do for the good of those I love.
There is moderation in all things.
You must not expect everybody to be as forward and quick at learning as yourself.
There is a vast of difference in memories, as well as in everything else.
I haven't finished reading the book so I'd say there'll be more to come from Mrs. Norris.
There is moderation in all things.
You must not expect everybody to be as forward and quick at learning as yourself.
There is a vast of difference in memories, as well as in everything else.
I haven't finished reading the book so I'd say there'll be more to come from Mrs. Norris.
Labels: book, Jane Austen
Friday, April 03, 2009
Pride and Prejudice
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Penguin Popular Classics)
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When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.
- Mrs. Bennett
Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason.
- Mary Bennet, p. 27
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 40
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will always be under regulation.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 47
My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 47
We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect.
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.
- Ms. Bennet, p. 108
A young man... so easily falls in love with a pretty girl for a few weeks, and when accidents separates them, so easily forgets her, that these sort of inconstancies are very frequent.
- Mrs. Gardiner, p. 111
In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed.
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 147
We love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.
- Ms. Bennet, p. 264
Painful recollections will intrude, which cannot, which ought not, to be repelled.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 284
Violently in love: It is as often applied to feelings which arise from an half-hour's acquaintance, as to a real, strong attachment.
- Pride and Prejudice
Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours.
- Pride and Prejudice
- Pride and Prejudice
Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours.
- Pride and Prejudice
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When a woman has five grown up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.
- Mrs. Bennett
Every impulse of feeling should be guided by reason.
- Mary Bennet, p. 27
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 40
Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride - where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will always be under regulation.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 47
My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 47
We must not expect a lively young man to be always so guarded and circumspect.
It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.
- Ms. Bennet, p. 108
A young man... so easily falls in love with a pretty girl for a few weeks, and when accidents separates them, so easily forgets her, that these sort of inconstancies are very frequent.
- Mrs. Gardiner, p. 111
In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed.
You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 147
We love to instruct, though we can teach only what is not worth knowing.
- Ms. Bennet, p. 264
Painful recollections will intrude, which cannot, which ought not, to be repelled.
- Mr. Darcy, p. 284
Labels: Jane Austen, Jane Bennet, Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Bennet, Mrs. Gardiner, Pride and Prejudice
