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"No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves; it is the woman only who can make it a torment."
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"Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation foolish preparation!"
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"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."
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"When once we are buried you think we are gone. But behold me immortal!"
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"If, however, I am allowed to think that you and yours feel an interest in my fate and actions, it may be the means-it may put me on my guard-at least, it may be something to live for."
Hope

"We are all fools in love."
Love

"One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering."
Love

"There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley."
Ethics

"That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit."
Society

"Her tears fell abundantly-but her grief was so truly artless, that no dignity could have made it more respectable in Emma's eyes-and she listened to her and tried to console her with all her heart and understanding-really for the time convinced that Harriet was the superior creature of the two-and that to resemble her would be more for her own welfare and happiness than all that genius or intelligence could do.It was rather too late in the day to set about being simple-minded and ignorant; but she left her with every previous resolution confirmed of being humble and discreet, and repressing imagination all the rest of her life."
Emotion

"I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt."
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"Mister, when I see my first lady angel, if God ever sees fit to show me one, it'll be her wings not her face that'll make my mouth fall open. I've already seen the prettiest face that ever could be."
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"But all I could see was her. No skill of mine, no artist anywhere, could've immortalized how gorgeous she was. It was impossible to believe she'd ever had any doubts about her body. The firelight shone on her skin, golden and perfect, making her look like some radiant goddess of legend. I wanted to kneel before her and offer eternal obedience."
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"The birds in the sky can never great the king yet their beauty gives the king to stare at them endlessly, wishing to be with them in the sky."
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"I don't deal well with admiration if it's for something I haven't done. Other than exist."
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"Let her know that her look really works for you."
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"A woman, desires to hear nice words from a man who can praise her beauty."
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"Cats have it all - admiration, an endless sleep, and company only when they want it."
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"Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion."
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"Of course, Einstein was a very great scientist indeed, and I have enormous respect for him, and great admiration for the discoveries he made. But he was very committed to a view of the objectivity of the physical world."
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"I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it."
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