“Of course I would fall for Captain Emotionally Constipated. I could train a rock to hold more affection for me.”
“How she might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the case, was not worth enquiry; for there was a Captain Wentworth: and be the conclusion of the present suspense good or bad, her affection would be his forever. Their union, she believed, could not divide her more from other men, than their final separation.”
“I may not have been born captain of this boat, but I was born to rock it.”
“I wanted to learn more of love- that is built not on the shifting sands of violent passion but on the steady rock of deep and abiding affection.”
“I wish that being famous helped prevent me from being constipated.”
“You could hold me and I could hold you. And it would be so peaceful. Completely peaceful. Like the feeling of sleep, but awake in it together.”