Jane Austen Quotes about Desire

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My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire.

Jane Austen

Character, Desire, Littles

"Fictional character: Jane Austen". "Becoming Jane", 2007.

She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Jane Austen

Reflection, Desire, Conversation

Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.71

They parted at last with mutual civility, and possibly a mutual desire of never meeting again.

Jane Austen

Saying Goodbye, Desire, Lasts

Blaine Josten, Jane Austen (2015). “Blaine Josten's Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (Annotated)”, p.151, BookBaby

Upon the whole, therefore, she found, what has been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself. It was consequently necessary to name some other period for the commencement of actual felicity; to have some other point on which her wishes and hopes might be fixed, and by again enjoying the pleasure of anticipation, console herself for the present, and prepare for another disappointment.

Jane Austen

Disappointment, Names, Desire

Jane Austen (2014). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.182, Lulu.com

Upon the whole, therefore, she found what had been sometimes found before, that an event to which she had looked forward with impatient desire, did not, in taking place, bring all the satisfaction she had promised herself.

Jane Austen

Desire, Events, Satisfaction

Jane Austen (2014). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.182, Lulu.com