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“A man would always wish to give a woman a better home than the one he takes her from.”
—Jane Austen, Emma (via fate-of-faye) (via vintage23elfride)
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“Dear, dear Norland,” said Elinor, “probably looks much as it always does at this time of the year. The woods and walks thickly covered with dead leaves.”
“Oh!” cried Marianne, “with what transporting sensations have I formerly seen them fall! How have I delighted, as I walked, to see them driven in showers about me by the wind! What feelings have they, the season, the air altogether inspired! Now there is no one to regard them. They are seen only as a nuisanse, swept hastily off, and driven as much as possible from the sight.”
“It is not every one,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.”
” —Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen (via afiveleafclover)