More quotes by Jane Austen, Persuasion

"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."
"She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning."
"Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death."
"There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison"
"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you."