You must know… surely, you must know it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope, as I’d scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I would have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul. And I love, I love, I love you. I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.
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A Guide to Being Awkward, brought to you by Pride and Prejudice (2005):
1. Accidentally let slip to the girl you like you can’t read.
2. Bow to a lady with a dirty hemline.
3. Be Mr. Collins.
4. Gawk at Jane.
5. Wave your glove around like a dag instead of proposing like a man.
6. Nearly get elbowed by Darcy.
7. Be Mr. Collins.
8. Try not to enjoy yourself staring at Lady Norrington’s testies.
9. Try to have eye sex with the man you rejected.
In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
- Jane Austen
Then what do you recommend, to encourage affection?
Dancing. Even if one’s partner is barely tolerable.
She hardly knew how to suppose that she could be an object of admiration to so great a man
Which goes to show that the best of us must sometimes eat our words.
hey you, I like your face: Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy (this part 1) (part 2: x)
Don’t you think he’s the handsomest man you’ve ever seen, girls?