Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that.
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
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Of all attractive qualities, a gentle, caring heart is the most enduring. Tenderness keeps charming long after surface dazzle fades.
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English novelist whose sharp, warm observations of love and society still feel astonishingly modern.
This line is among the quotes by Jane Austen that readers return to on liefde, drawn from Emma — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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