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25 of the best book quotes from Emma. “I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.”.
Emma is simply attempting to manipulate her own self into believing that she loves Frank. By contrast, her realization that she loves Mr. Knightley comes with absolutely no doubt, no convincing, and no struggle. Quotes related to The Blinding Power of Imagination within Emma.
- It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. Instances have been known of young people passing many, many months successively, without being at any ball of any description, and no material injury accrue either to body or mind.
- "One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other." —Emma Woodhouse, Emma.
- Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.
- "It is always incomprehensible to a man that a woman should ever refuse an offer of marriage. A man always imagines a woman to be ready for any body who asks her.
Important Quotes. “Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.” (Volume 1, Chapter 1, Page 1)
Emma study guide contains a biography of Jane Austen, literature essays, a complete e-text, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Best summary PDF, themes, and quotes.
