A Jane Austen (and sometimes the Brontes) blog
“If a woman is fair and amiable, she is praised for both qualities, but especially the former, by the bulk of mankind: if, on the other hand, she is disagreeable in person and character, her plainness is commonly inveighed against as her greatest crime, because, to common observers, it gives the greatest offence; while, if she is plain and good, provided she is a person of retired manners and secluded life, no one ever knows of her goodness, except her immediate connections.” Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
“There was no possibility of taking a walk that day.” Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
“I always deserve the best treatment because I never put up with any other.” Emma by Jane Austen
“If he loved you with all the power of his soul for a whole lifetime, he couldn’t love you as much as I do in a single day.” Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
“Well, and what was there in that?–Who ever hung his hopes upon so frail a twig?” Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte