Sanditon Quotes

“You see, I am a very prosaic, unromantic, sensible sort of fellow myself; and I have always had my heart set on finding the most sensible, prudent, level-headed wife in the world. But, on the other hand, it is very important to me that she possess one very particular flaw: she must have no sense whatsoever where I myself am concerned. She would only have to take one look at me and - no matter what her steadiness of mind - she would lose it in the space of seconds... Just lately, I have sometimes thought I may have found what I have always wanted. But just lately I have also noticed she has developed a most irritating habit of looking at the ground whenever we are together. Do you think she could try to overcome it? Well, Charlotte, are you going to look at me now?”
― Jane Austen, Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

“I am no indiscriminate novel reader.”
― Jane Austen, Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

“In that moment, as they stood smiling at one another, Charlotte was conscious of several contradictory sensations, of which the chief were these: annoyance with herself for being incapable of governing her own actions, satisfaction that Sidney had won this very minor victory over her, amusement, embarrassment - an odd something between perturbation and pleasure - and above all else, a flutter of joyful spirits which made her feel she had strayed somehow into a most unfamiliar world.”
― Jane Austen, Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

“I do not pretend people in general are without imperfections.”
― Jane Austen, Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

“Broken hearts, unrequited love and inconsolable misery are subjects which, most fortunately, I have only ever read in books.”
― Jane Austen, Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

“If someone insists their feet are always firmly on the ground, how else can you discover if their head is sometimes in the clouds?”
― Jane Austen, Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed

“Sir Edward's great object in life was to be seductive. With such personal advantages as he knew himself to possess, and such talents as he did also give himself credit for, he regarded it as his duty. He felt that he was formed to be a dangerous man - quite in line of the Lovelaces.”
― Jane Austen

“Every neighbourhood should have a great Lady.”
― Austen

“Console yourselves. I found dying highly disagreeable. I have no intention of repeating the experience.
- Lady Denham”
― Kate Riordan, Sanditon

“I hope you find happiness in heaven, because this earth has become a living hell
Esther Denham”
― Kate Riordan, Sanditon

“Your sisters know what they are about, I dare say, but their measures seem to touch on extremes. I feel that, in any illness, I should be so anxious for professional advice, so very little venturesome for myself, or anybody I loved! But, then, we have been so healthy a family that I can be no judge of what the of self-doctoring may do.”
― Janet Todd, Jane Austen's Sanditon: With an Essay by Janet Todd

“And once at home, we have our remedy at hand, you know. A little of our own bracing sea air will soon set me on my feet again. Depend upon it, my dear, it is exactly a case for the sea. Saline air and immersion will be the very thing. (growing up on Prince Edward Island; I can testify that this is true! ;) When I was a child, it was a cure for everything from a cut to dropping your hot dog in the sand! And when I go home, I truly feel the beaches healing properties in all areas of my life! <3)”
― Jane Austen

“And whose very snug-looking place is this? said Charlotte as, in a sheltered dip within two miles of the sea, they passed close by a moderate-sized house, well fenced and planted, and rich in the garden, orchard and meadows which are the best embellishments of such a dwelling. (This is basically the description of my maternal great grandparents on Prince Edward Island who lived closer to the sea than two miles. <3)”
― Jane Austen