More quotes by Jane Austen, Persuasion

"How quick come the reasons for approving what we like."
"She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning."
"My idea of good company, Mr. Eliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company."
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."
"she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which alone could estimate it truly, were the very feelings which ought to taste it but sparingly."