Jane Bennet

Character in Pride and Prejudice From: Pride and Prejudice

Elizabeth's gentle sister; provides contrast with thoughtful observations

59 quotes

"Had I been in love, I could not have more tenderly answered his affection."
Love
"I am as happy as I can desire."
Happiness
"You cannot make everyone like you."
Wisdom
"One knows so very little of their real situation."
Wisdom
"I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one."
Kindness
"I am not one of those young ladies who are so clever."
"To be fond of dancing is a certain step towards falling in love."
Love
"It is such a long time since we have met!"
Relationships
"I have nothing to accuse him of."
Kindness
"Do not expose yourself to such unkind remarks again."
Kindness
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."
Friendship
"Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look for it beforehand."
Hope
"The world is not so bad as you represent it."
Hope
"Mr. Darcy is not in the least to blame."
Justice
"We neither of us perform to strangers."
Friendship
"It does not follow that a man must be disagreeable merely because his manners are not conciliating."
Wisdom
"She positively looks ill, and I cannot bear to see her in such a way."
Kindness
"I am the happiest creature in the world."
Happiness
"There is nothing I should like so well as never to be separated from you."
Family
"Do you really believe he is so in love with her as to wish to marry her?"
"There are such things as feelings and duties which I can hardy talk of, however I may think them."
"I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!"
"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends."
Friendship
"There is nothing more to be done. Only wait and hope."
Hope
"If I could but see you as happy, I should have nothing to wish for."
Family
"Persuade her to go. That is the most sisterly thing you can do."
Kindness
"Do you not want to know who has taken it into their head to dislike you for the first time?"
Relationships
"Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience, or till the order of the day is a little settled."
Hope
"I must learn to be content with being happy."
Happiness
"I am not at all in a humour for talking."
Solitude