Jane Austen Quotes

A lady’s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.

– Jane Austen

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.

– Jane Austen

There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person.

– Jane Austen

Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.

– Jane Austen

I could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life.

– Jane Austen

Next to being married, a girl likes to be crossed in love a little now and then.

– Jane Austen