Julian Cowley

Jane Austen

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Persuasion

Zoe Ivie 

“You pierce my soul, I am half agony, half hope

cora rolfes 

You pierce my soul, I am half agony, half hope 

Klára Kováčiková 

She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of those who sometimes looked or said a careless or a hasty thing, than of those whose presence of mind never varied, whose tongue never slipped.

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

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.'

'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.

Such a succinct combination of character and social commentary. One paragraph sets up Sir Walter Elliot perfectly. 

Novel Ideas

Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot’s character; vanity of person and of situation… He considered the blessing of beauty as inferior only to the blessing of a baronetcy; and Sir Walter Elliot, who united these gifts, was the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion.

…but Anne, with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character, which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding, was nobody with either father or sister.

karissa🌙

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope.

Samantha Murguia

No one had ever come within the Kellynch circle, who could bear a comparison with Fredrick Wentworth, as he stood in her memory. 

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