It was a union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved and from his judgment, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.” His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. “She began now to comprehend that he was exactly the man who, in disposition and talents, would most suit her. My affections and wishes are unchanged but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.” If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. “My real purpose was to see you, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me.”
“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.” “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” “I cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. “I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry.” “I am determined that only the deepest love will induce me into matrimony.” You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Believe me, Marianne, had I not been bound to silence I could have provided proof enough of a broken heart, even for you.”
I have endured her exultations again and again whilst knowing myself to be divided from Edward forever. It was forced on me by the very person whose prior claims ruined all my hope. For weeks, Marianne, I’ve had this pressing on me without being at liberty to speak of it to a single creature. “What do you know of my heart? What do you know of anything but your own suffering. “Yes, I found myself, by insensible degrees, sincerely fond of her and the happiest hours of my life were what I spent with her.” “If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.” Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.” “It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy - it is disposition alone. “That Marianne found her own happiness in forming his, was equally the persuasion and delight of each observing friend.” “The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.
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