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People always live forever when there is an annuity to be paid them.

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Fanny: They're all exceedingly spoiled, I find. Miss Margaret spends all her time up trees and under furniture, and I've barely had a civil word from Marianne. Edward: My dear Fanny, they've just lost their father. Their lives will never be the same again. Fanny: That is no excuse.

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Elinor: Margaret has always wanted to travel. Edward: I know, she's heading an expedition to China shortly. I am to go as her servant, but only on the understanding that I will be very badly treated.

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Elinor: You talk of feeling idle and useless. Imagine how that is compounded when one has no hope and no choice of any occupation whatsoever. Edward: Our circumstances are, therefore, precisely the same. Elinor: Except the you will inherit your fortune. We cannot even earn ours. Edward: Perhaps Margaret is right. Elinor: Right? Edward: Piracy is our only option. What is swabbing exactly?

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Marianne: I'm taking you for a walk. Margaret: No, I've been on a walk. Marianne: You need another. Margaret: It's going to rain. Marianne: It is not going to rain. Margaret: You always say that and then it always does.

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Elinor: Marianne does not approve of hiding her emotions. In fact, her romantic prejudices have the unfortunate tendency to set propriety at naught. Col. Brandon: She is wholly unspoiled. Elinor: Rather too unspoiled in my view. The sooner she becomes acquainted with the ways of the world the better. Col. Brandon: I knew a lady very like your sister—the same impulsive sweetness of temper—who was forced into, as you put it, "a better acquaintance with the world." The result was only ruination and despair. Do not desire it, Miss Dashwood.

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Mrs. Dashwood: Colonel Brandon will be sorely missed. John Willoughby: Why, when he is the sort of man that everyone speaks well of and no one remembers to talk to?

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Margaret: Do you think he'll kneel down when he asks her? Elinor: Shh! Margaret: They always kneel down.

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Elinor: Whatever his past actions, whatever his present course, at least you may be certain that he loved you. Marianne: But not enough. Not enough.

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Edward: Your friendship has been the most important of my life. Elinor: You will always have it.