Favorite Brittish literature quote?

Question:I like this:

"Then idiots talk," said Eugene, leaning back, folding his arms, smoking wiht his eyes shut, and speaking slightly through his nose, "of Energy. If there is a word in the dictionary under any letter from A to Z that I abominate, it is energy. It is such a conventional superstition, such parrot gabble! What the deuce! Am I to rush into the street, collar the first man of wealthy appearence that I meet, shake him, and say, 'Go to law upon the spot, you dog, and retain me, or I'll be the death of you'? Yet that would be energy."

~Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend

Answers:
"It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;-- it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others."
- Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment."
-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch."
-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

let me share with you some of my favorite quotes by jane austen. i love collecting quotes and i got these from my collection. take care.

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