You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
– Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 58. Elizabeth explains her philosophy to Darcy. In moving forward to a happy future together, she is proposing that they leave negative memories behind and forgive each other’s past errors. In the fuller quote, she suggests that they were both at fault in their misconceptions of each other, they had acquired the self-knowledge to admit their faults and change, now they should move on and forget the unpleasant past: "But think no more of the letter. The feelings of the person who wrote, and the person who received it, are now so widely different from what they were then, that every unpleasant circumstance attending it ought to be forgotten. You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."