Sense And Sensibility Elinor Quotes & Sayings

[ ... ] for it was many days since she had any appetite, and many nights since she had really slept; and now, when her mind was no longer supported by the fever of suspense, the consequence of all this was felt in an aching head, a weakened stomach, and general nervous faintness. A glass of wine, which Elinor procured for her directly, made her more comfortable [ ... ]. — Jane Austen

I used to think you all were missionaries bringing the gospel to your neighborhood, but now I see that it is in your neighborhood that you have learned the gospel, and that you are actually missionaries to the church. — Shane Claiborne

You get a lot of fame, but haven't created anything musically. — Tove Styrke

My dad was a mechanical engineer and a drummer. We had no money, but I never felt we had no money, and that's what I remember now, having my own child. I think, 'Oh so what?' Kids don't go around the house seeing what's wrong with it. — Donna Air

The ladder of success is there waiting for you ... you just have to realize it and reach towards and climb as high as you can you will surely be successful. — Noor Ahmad

Friendship, sweet-resting place of the soul, the gloaming wherein our hearts find peace ... — Alphonse De Lamartine

It might be the destiny of the Jewish race," he said, "to be the bridge between Asia and Europe, to bring the spirituality of Asia to Europe and the vitality of Europe to Asia." At — Barbara W. Tuchman

Esteem him! Like him! Cold-hearted Elinor! Oh! worse than cold-hearted! Ashamed of being otherwise. Use those words again, and I will leave the room this moment. — Jane Austen

And so well was she able to answer her own expectations, that when she joined them at dinner only two hours after she had first suffered the extinction of all her dearest hopes, no one would have supposed from the appearance of the sisters, that Elinor was mourning in secret over obstacles which must divide her for ever from the object of her love — Jane Austen

W-we both know your life would be so much simpler without me! I am just a thorn in your paw."
He nodded easily. "And it reminds me of you - every move I make, I think of you."
My lips parted. Again I realized that he was the only thing in my life that made me feel sane, made me want to fight for a future.
"Evangeline, I've got to feel you with my every step." His shaking hand closed over my nape, squeezing. "Or I go a little crazy, me. — Kresley Cole

Nothing was worse than a handsome guy who became an ignorant toad when he spoke. — Penny Reid

I still have a spiritual base and a spiritual foundation. — Katy Perry

It's confidence; it has to be something good about getting old. One of the things is that you just don't stress about some stuff that made you so worried. — Garrison Keillor

...and the sound of her low voice seemed to have the accompaniment of all the other sounds, full of mystery, desolation, and sorrow, I had ever heard - the ripple of the river, the soughing of the trees swayed by the wind, the murmurs of the crowds, the faint ring of incomprehensible words cried from afar, the whisper of a voice speaking from beyond the threshhold of an eternal darkness. — Joseph Conrad

You don't want modesty, you want humility. Humility comes from inside out. It says someone was here before me and I'm here because I've been paid for. I have something to do and I will do that because I'm paying for someone else who has yet to come. — Maya Angelou

I'm not a good enough singer to pull off the effect. — Andre Braugher

The illusion that times that were are better than those that are, has probably pervaded all ages. — Horace Greeley

Leo's goals are works of art. — Frank Rijkaard