Twitter needs a button that's "bring back that tweet I was just starting to read before you automatically refreshed."

Do not consider me now as an elegant female intending to plague you, but as a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart.

I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.

I'm tempted to say it.... Watch C dramas, people.

Don't shrink to be chosen

There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.

Shout out to all the people who wanted to read their book today but had to participate in ‘real life’ instead. Not all heroes wear capes.

If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.

People will try to insult you by saying “you speak like a dictionary,” but it’s good to strengthen your vocabulary for the joy of learning. Literacy is declining, autocorrect and AI are making everyone speak & write identically. It’s time to revive a delight in language.

“I think you should always reread your favorite books at different stages of your life. The story never changes, but your perspective does.”

Wife is away. Daughter: “Dad, Instead of watching a movie together what if I read Northanger Abbey aloud?” Not sure what I’ve done to deserve this but I’m going to try to do everything exactly the same tomorrow just in case.

You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.

“Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?" "For the liveliness of your mind, I did.”

“And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself because I could find no language to describe them in.” — Jane Austen

“you’re too old for fandom” they say but there’s no such thing. god i hope i get the privilege of growing old with my hobbies and interests still alive.

They walked on, without knowing in what direction. There was too much to be thought, and felt, and said, for attention to any other objects.