Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Jane Austen
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew I had begun."
-Darcy; Pride and Prejudice
"You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever."
-Darcy; Pride and Prejudice
"If you will thank me, let it be for youself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to the other inducements which led me on, I shall not attempt to deny. But for your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you."
-Darcy; Pride and Prejudice
"You can now have nothing farther to say. You have insulted me in every possible method. I must beg to return to the house."
-Elizabeth; Pride and Prejudice