katewinslet:How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, – how eloquent, at least, were her wis
katewinslet: How eloquent could Anne Elliot have been, – how eloquent, at least, were her wishes on the side of early warm attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity, against that over-anxious caution which seems to insult exertion and distrust Providence! – She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning. -- source link