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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.

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.

Jane Austen
Time, Loneliness, Opportunity
Sense and Sensibility vol. 2, ch. 12 (1811)

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Jane Austen
Real, Opportunity, Thinking
Jane Austen (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jane Austen (Illustrated)”, p.2139, Delphi Classics

Here I have opportunity enough for the exercise of my talent, as the chief of my time is spent in conversation.

Jane Austen
Exercise, Opportunity, Talent
Jane Austen (2016). “Collected Works (Complete Editions: Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, ...)”, p.1579, Jane Austen

It sometimes is a disadvantage to be so very guarded. If a woman conceals her affection from the object of it, she may loose the opportunity of fixing him.

Jane Austen
Opportunity, May, Fixing
"Pride and Prejudice".

I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worthwhile to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.

Jane Austen
Real, Opportunity, Thinking
Letter, January 21, 1799.

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