Big Books of 2026

Jane Austen > Quotes > Quotable Quote

 

 (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Jane Austen

“Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.”

― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
tags: affection, duty, feelings, integrity, joy, love, marriage, matrimony, romance, self-determination
Read more quotes from Jane Austen


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter
Like Quote

Recommend to friends
Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

790 likes
All Members Who Liked This Quote

Mithulya
Mithulya
0 books
view quotes

 
Dec 18, 2025 11:49AM
Latte Hawthorne
Latte
2,019 books
view quotes

 
Dec 16, 2025 07:06AM
⋆｡‧˚ʚYuliɞ˚‧｡⋆
⋆｡‧˚ʚYuliɞ˚‧｡⋆
0 books
view quotes

 
Dec 15, 2025 11:43AM
Zoë
Zoë
66 books
view quotes

 
Dec 13, 2025 05:58AM
Hue Man Chau
Hue Man
488 books
view quotes

 
Nov 21, 2025 06:14AM
Maya
Maya
55 books
view quotes

 
Sep 26, 2025 01:53AM
Sera Collins
Sera
208 books
view quotes

 
Sep 02, 2025 04:12AM
Khurram Shehzad
Khurram
3 books
view quotes

 
Jun 12, 2025 06:46AM
Federica
Federica
541 books
view quotes

 
May 24, 2025 11:34AM
Morgan Mitchell
Morgan
554 books
view quotes

 
Apr 27, 2025 06:48PM
fio
fio
0 books
view quotes

 
Apr 04, 2025 04:50AM
Marie Is a Bella
Marie
190 books
view quotes

 
Mar 17, 2025 01:26PM
Kelly Miller
Kelly
344 books
view quotes

 
Mar 14, 2025 10:24AM
Darlene Ortega
Darlene
0 books
view quotes

 
Dec 16, 2024 12:06AM
Shubhendu
Shubhendu
12 books
view quotes

 
Nov 23, 2024 11:26AM
Anna Katzmire
Anna
716 books
view quotes

 
Nov 13, 2024 07:11AM
Alex Turchet
Alex
0 books
view quotes

 
Oct 22, 2024 08:52PM
Nikhar
Nikhar
495 books
view quotes

 
Sep 08, 2024 03:41PM
Blanca Roura
Blanca
0 books
view quotes

 
Jul 22, 2024 06:22PM
Stephanie Delich
Stephanie
1,775 books
view quotes

 
Jun 29, 2024 10:21AM
Taylor
Taylor
22 books
view quotes

 
Jun 26, 2024 11:38AM
Poonam
Poonam
4 books
view quotes

 
Apr 29, 2024 10:45PM
Story of a Book Reader
Story of a Book Reader
4,712 books
view quotes

 
Apr 13, 2024 10:05AM
Shree
Shree
576 books
view quotes

 
Feb 23, 2024 05:57AM
Joyce Chi
Joyce
104 books
view quotes

 
Nov 24, 2023 10:05PM
Hiruni
Hiruni
644 books
view quotes

 
Sep 14, 2023 09:21AM
Zoe
Zoe
285 books
view quotes

 
Sep 04, 2023 09:28AM
Aminah
Aminah
3,119 books
view quotes

 
Aug 05, 2023 02:39PM
K.S. Trenten
K.S.
3,902 books
view quotes

 
Aug 02, 2023 09:20PM
Kait
Kait
374 books
view quotes

 
Jun 24, 2023 08:35PM
Micah
Micah
1,185 books
view quotes

 
Jun 15, 2023 07:49AM
Kaleb
Kaleb
845 books
view quotes

 
Mar 30, 2023 11:42AM
Tiffany Benson
Tiffany
48 books
view quotes

 
Mar 09, 2023 11:45AM
Taylor
Taylor
408 books
view quotes

 
Feb 27, 2023 07:44PM
𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚
𝑬𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚
103 books
view quotes

 
Feb 04, 2023 07:38AM
Gaby SL
Gaby
273 books
view quotes

 
Jan 27, 2023 04:53PM
Kelsey
Kelsey
144 books
view quotes

 
Jan 22, 2023 12:00AM
Anonymous
Anonymous
0 books
view quotes

 
Dec 15, 2022 05:24AM
Leah Vaughn
Leah
2,426 books
view quotes

 
Nov 22, 2022 10:22PM
Lalee Nam
Lalee
1 book
view quotes

 
Nov 07, 2022 05:34AM
Mia
Mia
1,284 books
view quotes

 
Oct 30, 2022 07:52PM
∞Aletia (shybookfox)∞
∞Aletia (shybookfox)∞
552 books
view quotes

 
Aug 14, 2022 08:40PM
Gabriela
Gabriela
45 books
view quotes

 
Aug 09, 2022 12:21PM
Ruchi Sharma
Ruchi
104 books
view quotes

 
Jul 22, 2022 11:59AM
dia ୨୧
dia ୨୧
3,038 books
view quotes

 
Jul 21, 2022 10:00PM
Saeeda Khan
Saeeda
73 books
view quotes

 
Jun 24, 2022 01:19PM
Sakshi Rai
Sakshi
306 books
view quotes

 
Jun 21, 2022 02:45AM
Allison
Allison
316 books
view quotes

 
Jun 14, 2022 08:31PM
Ginary
Ginary
470 books
view quotes

 
May 09, 2022 11:09PM
K. Lyn Smith
K. Lyn
238 books
view quotes

 
May 07, 2022 05:04PM
pice
pice
453 books
view quotes

 
May 06, 2022 08:19PM
Sekhmet
Sekhmet
302 books
view quotes

 
Mar 20, 2022 04:26PM
Annie
Annie
58 books
view quotes

 
Mar 17, 2022 01:38PM
Miah Bass
Miah
1,450 books
view quotes

 
Mar 10, 2022 08:49AM
LK
LK
47 books
view quotes

 
Mar 08, 2022 09:00PM
Aisha Sakkary
Aisha
134 books
view quotes

 
Mar 06, 2022 05:37PM
f
f
640 books
view quotes

 
Feb 02, 2022 10:46AM
Petrina Seykoski
Petrina
120 books
view quotes

 
Jan 16, 2022 06:25AM
Era
Era
1 book
view quotes

 
Jan 06, 2022 08:26PM
Rosemary
Rosemary
2 books
view quotes

 
Dec 29, 2021 07:41AM
Irena
Irena
1,468 books
view quotes

 
Dec 25, 2021 04:25PM
Jeremy Riden
Jeremy
172 books
view quotes

 
Dec 15, 2021 09:31PM
Elodie’s Reading Corner
Elodie’s Reading Corner
4,230 books
view quotes

 
Dec 05, 2021 02:26AM
أمـل
أمـل
64 books
view quotes

 
Dec 03, 2021 03:36PM
The Phoenix
The
4,016 books
view quotes

 
Nov 07, 2021 06:04AM
liliana
liliana
801 books
view quotes

 
Oct 27, 2021 06:28PM
And
And
295 books
view quotes

 
Oct 12, 2021 08:06AM
Lai Ogunsola
Lai
363 books
view quotes

 
Aug 01, 2021 10:36AM
Fernando Benelli
Fernando
0 books
view quotes

 
Jun 28, 2021 08:41PM
Aditi Gupta
Aditi
9 books
view quotes

 
Jun 28, 2021 02:41AM
Kam
Kam
1,289 books
view quotes

 
Jun 17, 2021 02:26AM
« previous 1 3 4 5 6 7 8

All Quotes
My Quotes
Add A Quote

This Quote Is From

Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
4,756,067 ratings, average rating, 143,955 reviews
Open Preview

Browse By Tag