“Time did not compose her.”

“Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.”

“Pray, pray be composed, and do not betray what you feel to every body present”

“…but her Letters were always unsatisfactory, and though she did not openly avow her feelings, yet every line proved her to be Unhappy.”

“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.”

“Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion…”

“Her resentment of such behaviour, her indignation at having been its dupe, for a short time made her feel only for herself.”