Take a step back in time, immerse yourself in the alluring world of romance, and journey through the enchanting hallways of classic literature with our compilation of 50 romantic Jane Austen quotes. As one of history's most celebrated authors, Austen graced us with her incisive wit, profound insights into human nature, and a knack for portraying romance like no other. She wove tales of love and courtship that continue to resonate with readers centuries later, painting verbal masterpieces that encapsulate the profound complexities of the heart. Her vivid descriptions and enchanting dialogues, teeming with timeless romantic sentiments, will sweep you off your feet and straight into the heart of 19th-century England.
Now, here's an intriguing tidbit about Austen that you may not know. While she composed some of literature's most enduring love stories, Austen herself never married. Perhaps it was this very fact that allowed her to shape such nuanced romantic narratives, lending her work an irresistible allure that keeps us reaching for her novels time and again. So, whether you're a die-hard Austen fan or a curious newcomer, buckle up for a literary escapade as we delve into our curated selection of romantic Jane Austen quotes. You're about to fall in love all over again with every word she penned, cementing her legacy in your heart.
The First 10 Romantic Quotes from Jane Austen
1. “There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” – Emma
2. “In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” – Pride and Prejudice
3. “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.” – Pride and Prejudice
4. “To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love.” – Pride and Prejudice
5. “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Emma
6. “You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope… I have loved none but you.” – Persuasion
7. “Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.” – Emma
8. “We are all fools in love.” – Pride and Prejudice
9. “If a book is well written, I always find it too short.” – Sense and Sensibility
10. “The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.” – Sense and Sensibility
Romantic Jane Austen Quotes
- “My heart is, and always will be, yours.” – Sense and Sensibility
- “What are men to rocks and mountains?” – Pride and Prejudice
- “One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.” – Pride and Prejudice
- “It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy; it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others.” – Sense and Sensibility
- “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” – Northanger Abbey
- “I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.” – Pride and Prejudice
- “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” – Pride and Prejudice
- “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.” – Pride and Prejudice
- “You must be the best judge of your own happiness.” – Emma
- “It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Sense and Sensibility
More Romantic Quotes from Jane Austen
- “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Mr. Knightley
- “Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another.” – Mr. Knightley
- “You must be the best judge of your own happiness.” – Emma Woodhouse
- “I have no idea of there being so much design in the world as some persons imagine.” – Emma Woodhouse
- “I cannot make speeches, Emma. If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Mr. Knightley
- “Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised or a little mistaken.” – Narrator
- “Better be without sense, than misapply it as you do.” – Mr. Knightley
- “One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.” – Emma Woodhouse
- “There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.” – Emma Woodhouse
- “Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.” – Emma Woodhouse
- “There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” – Mansfield Park
- “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book!” – Pride and Prejudice
- “To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.” – Sense and Sensibility
- “A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” – Pride and Prejudice
- “Nobody minds having what is too good for them.” – Mansfield Park
- “Every moment has its pleasures and its hope.” – Mansfield Park
- “Our scars make us know that our past was for real.” – Persuasion
- “An artist cannot do anything slovenly.” – Northanger Abbey
- “Fanny, you must do something to keep your spirits up until I get back… And, most importantly, keep believing. You must keep knowing.” – Mansfield Park
- “To you, I shall say, as I have often said before, Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last.” – Pride and Prejudice
Quotes from Persuasion
- “You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope… I have loved none but you.” – Captain Wentworth
- “All the privilege I claim for my own sex… is that of loving longest, when existence or when hope is gone.” – Anne Elliot
- “I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach.” – Captain Wentworth
- “Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.” – Anne Elliot
- “We live at home, quiet, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.” – Anne Elliot
- “There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison.” – Narrator
- “I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it.” – Captain Wentworth
- “Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story.” – Anne Elliot
- “I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures.” – Anne Elliot
- “Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.” – Captain Wentworth
Quotes from Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey
- “We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.” – Fanny Price, Mansfield Park
- “Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.” – Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park
- “A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.” – Mary Crawford, Mansfield Park
- “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.” – Isabella Thorpe, Northanger Abbey
- “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” – Henry Tilney, Northanger Abbey
- “There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.” – Mrs. Elton, Emma
- “To sit in the shade on a fine day, and look upon verdure, is the most perfect refreshment.” – Fanny Price, Mansfield Park
- “The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.” – Marianne Dashwood, Sense and Sensibility
- “It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” – Fanny Price, Mansfield Park
- “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” – Elizabeth Bennet, Pride and Prejudice
