“that you seemed almost as fearful of notice and praise as other women were of neglect. (Edmund to Fanny)”

“I purposefully abstain from dates on this occasion,that very one may be liberty to fix their own,aware that the cure of unconquerable passions,and the transfer of unchanging attachments,must vary much as to time in different people.---I only entreat every body to believe that exactly at the time when it was quite natural that it should be so, and not a week earlier,Edmund did cease to care about Miss Crawford, and become anxious to marry Fanny,as Fanny herself could desire.”

“Fanny! You are killing me!""No man dies of love but on the stage, Mr. Crawford.”

“No, indeed, I shall grant you nothing. I always take the part of my own sex. I do indeed. I give you notice-- You will find me a formidable antagonist on that point. I always stand up for women.”

“You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them.”

“What praise is more valuable than the praise of an intelligent servant?”

“As if women were all fine ladies, instead of rational creatures.”