More quotes by Jane Austen, Persuasion

"She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning."
"There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison"
"...I will not allow books to prove any thing.""But how shall we prove any thing?""We never shall."
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."
"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like."