“I have observed, Mrs Elton, in the course of my life, that if things are going outwardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.”

“If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next.”

“After a few months without writing, months I've lived turned outward... I fear going deaf, not being able to hear the silence.”

“Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.”

“As a quick aside, let me observe that in moments of high emotion....if the next thing you're going to say makes you feel better, then it's probably the wrong thing to say. This is one of the finer maxims that I've discovered in life. And you can have it, since it's been of no use to me.”

“My gosh, if you’re going away, we got a million things to talk about! All the things we would’ve talked about next month, the month after! Praying mantises, zeppelins, acrobats, sword swallowers!”