More quotes by Jane Austen, Persuasion

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."
"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."
"...I will not allow books to prove any thing.""But how shall we prove any thing?""We never shall."
"She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning."
"...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure."