Jane Austen Should Quotations

It was a gloomy prospect, and all that she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away, she should see something else.

She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting. Perhaps indifferent, if indifference could exist under such circumstances. He must be either indifferent or unwilling. Has he wished ever to see her again, he need not have waited till this time; he would have done what she could not but believe that in his place she should have done long ago, when events had been early giving him the indepencence which alone had been wanting.

If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient.

Young ladies should take care of themselves. Young ladies are delicate plants. They should take care of their health and their complexion. My dear, did you change your stockings?

I certainly will not persuade myself to feel more than I do. I am quite enough in love. I should be sorry to be more

Oh! I am delighted with the book! I should like to spend my whole life in reading it.

She was humbled, she was grieved; she repented, though she hardly knew of what. She became jealous of his esteem, when she could no longer hope to be benefited by it. She wanted to hear of him, when there seemed the least chance of gaining intelligence. She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no moderation, and leave him no sense of fatigue.

I do not like to have people throw themselves away; but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage.

…one half of her should not be always so much wiser than the other half…

I should infinitely prefer a book...

I should not mind anything at all.