...that he was exactly the man who, in dispostion and talents, would most suit her. His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes. It was an union that must have been to the advantage of both: by her ease and liveliness, his mind might have been softened, his manners improved; and from his judgement, information, and knoweldge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.
But no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude what connubial felicity really was..."
~Jane Austen
There truly is nothing like Jane Austen to lift even the lowest of romantic spirits! ;-)
This is the quote read aloud by Anne Hathaway at the end of "Becoming Jane". It wasn't until I saw this film and one other that Masterpiece Theatre produced last year, that I began to understand that Jane was a genuine romantic. She wasn't prepared to settle for anything less than the true genuine article, either. :-)
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