Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to deliberate and judge.
and sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them
Certainly not; but if you observe, people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them
She was determined to drop his acquaintance immediately
they who suffer little may be proud and independent as they like—may resist insult, or return mortification—but I cannot. I must feel—I must be wretched—and they are welcome to enjoy the consciousness of it that can."
I could find no language to describe them in but what was worn and hackneyed out of all sense and meaning."
He distrusts his own judgment in such matters so much, that he is always unwilling to give his opinion on any picture; but he has an innate propriety and simplicity of taste, which in general direct him perfectly right."
"I am sure you think me very strange, for enquiring about her in such a way,
"we could not be more unfortunately situated."
"Oh," cried Marianne, "with what transporting sensation have I formerly seen them fall! How have I delighted, as I walked, to see them driven in showers about me by the wind! What feelings have they, the season, the air altogether inspired! Now there is no one to regard them. They are seen only as a nuisance, swept hastily off, and driven as much as possible from the sight."
