"No; hatred had vanished long ago, and she had almost as long been ashamed of ever feeling a dislike against him, that could be so called. The respect created by the conviction of his valuable qualities, though at first unwillingly admitted, had for some time ceased to be repugnant to her feelings; and it was now heightened into somewhat of a friendlier nature, by the testimony so highly in his favour, and bring forward his disposition in so amiable a light, which yesterday had produced. But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of good will which could not be overlooked. It was gratitude. -- Gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loving her still well enough, to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection." -- Pride and Prejudice, p177, chapter 44
"'If I loved a man, as she loves the Admiral, I would always be with him, nothing should ever separate us, and I would rather be overturned by him, than driven safely by any body else.'" -- Persuasion, p89, chapter 10
"Never had he called me more frequently to his presence; never been kinder to me when there -- and, alas! never had I loved him so well." -- Jane Eyre, p277, chapter 22
alright something's happening
'cause everyone's around
but you're the only one i see
-- i can't take my eyes off of you, high school musical
"'You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.'" -- Pride and Prejudice, p246, chapter 58
i am way too proud to verbalise my feelings
and you're way too mean if you just let this brew
it's a complicated hand that you've been dealing,
time to win me over, fold and make your move
-- still in love, brooke fraser
"'In vain have I 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, p128-9, chapter 34
"She had left the instrument on the dancing being over, and he had sat down to try to make out an air which he wished to give the Miss Musgroves an idea of. Unintentionally she returned to that part of the room; he saw her, and, instantly rising, said, with studied politeness,
'I beg your pardon, madam, this is your seat;'" -- Persuasion, p76, chapter 8
"She tried to be calm, and leave things to take their course, and tried to dwell much on this argument of rational dependence -- 'Surely, if there be constant attachment on each side, our hearts must understand each other ere long.'" -- Persuasion, p234, chapter 22
"'If he does not come to me, then,' said she, 'I shall give him up for ever.'" -- Pride and Prejudice, p228, chapter 54
'You,' I said, 'a favourite with Mr Rochester? You gifted with the power of pleasing him? You of importance to him in any way? Go! your folly sickens me. And you have derived pleasure from occasional tokens of preference -- equivocal tokens, shown by a gentleman of family, and a man of the world, to a dependant and a novice. How dare you? Poor stupid dope! ... It does good to no woman to be flattered by her superior, who cannot possibly intend to marry her; and it is madness in all women to let a secret love kindle within them, which, if unreturned and unknown, must devour the life that feeds it; and if discovered and responded to, must lead, ignis-fatuus-like, into miry wilds whence there is no extrication." -- Jane Eyre, p182, chapter 16
it's funny when you find yourself
looking from the outside
i'm standing here
and all i want
is to be over there
why did i let myself believe
miracles could happen
'cause now i have to pretend
that i don't really care
i thought you were my fairytale
a dream when i'm not sleeping
a wish upon a star
that's coming true
-- when there was me and you, high school musical
"He is younger than I am; younger in feeling, if not in fact; younger as a man. He will rally again, and be happy with another." -- Persuasion, p103, chapter 11
"My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath -- a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff -- he's always, always in my mind -- not as a pleasure, any more than I am always a pleasure to myself -- but, as my own being -- so, don't talk of our separation again" -- Wuthering Heights, p83, chapter 9
tale as old as time
true as it can be
barely even friends
then somebody bends unexpectedly
just a little change
more to say the least
both a little scared
neither one prepared
beauty and the beast
-- beauty and the beast |
