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“Such a change in a man of so much pride, excited not only astonishment but gratitude—for to love, ardent love, it must be attributed; and as such its impression on her was of a sort to be encouraged, as by no means unpleasing, though it could not be exactly defined.”

“She longed to know what at that moment was passing in his mind; in what manner he thought of her, and whether, in defiance of every thing, she was still dear to him.”

“But the misfortune of speaking with bitterness, is a most natural consequence of the prejudices I had been encouraging.”

"'I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these.'"

(why am i seeing myself in mr. darcy...i used to be a bingley girl)

“‘…I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.’”

love trying to speed read this book before i start it with my seniors next week and i have only finished chapter one,,,,

"There's nothing worse than feeling like you belong entirely to someone else, having to hear that you're key to their happiness or unhappiness, reduced to a Lego block."

"There was only one thing I could do to get through that time: read."

"Like love, death catches the body. So let it be caught unawares."

“You study her features, see bits of yourself in there, but thank God, much more Karen.”

i’m getting existential

on the final act! lets goooo

“She says that telling a love story is something one person does. Being in love takes both of them. Putting her on a pedestal is just a different way of being alone.”

“They took him away from her. He is lost now, in his work, in who they made him. Distant. Cold, perfectionist.”

i think i might be realizing that i have parental issues of the father kind

"There are a few years when you make almost all of your important memories. And then you spend the next few decades reliving them."

i have to take a pause -- i cannot handle getting all existential right now

“Some of the happiest times of your life were when your mother was dead, because you knew it meant she would be home for six weeks, you would have her all to yourself in the afternoons.”

i don’t like this book bringing up things i don’t like to think about :,)