Life Quotes Quote by Jane Austen, Persuasion — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands. I will not allow books to prove anything.”

““I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all talk of woman's fickleness. But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men."”

“There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison”

“...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.”

“Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.”

““It is always better”

“All I feel are the assaults of apprehension and terror at the thought that I am the only one who is entirely unlike the rest. It is almost impossible for me to converse with other people. What should I talk about, how should I say it? - I don't know.”

“Do not chase another human being. Instead, chase your curiosity. Chase your development and your goals. Chase your passion. Strive to work for something bigger than yourself, and instead of trying to convince someone that you fit within their world, strive to build your own.”

“You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you don't trust enough.”

““I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.”