Maria

“…Elizabeth, agitated and confused, rather knew that she was happy, than felt herself to be so…”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixing him.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.”
― Albert Camus

“Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice