Emma Quotes

• Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her.

  Jane Austen

  Clever, Home, Blessing

  Jane Austen (2008). “Emma: By Jane Austen”, p.2, MobileReference

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• Whom are you going to dance with?' asked Mr. Knightley. She hesitated a moment and then replied, 'With you, if you will ask me.' Will you?' said he, offering his hand. Indeed I will. You have shown that you can dance, and you know we are not really so much brother and sister as to make it at all improper.' Brother and sister! no, indeed.

  Jane Austen

  Brother, Offering, Hands

  Jane Austen (2006). “The Complete Novels: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.1064, Penguin

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• Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightly. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the menu with Cook... I tried not to think about him in the garden where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy to ascertain his feelings for Harriet. I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden, they really are a drab little flower. And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed, but something had to be done.

  Jane Austen

  Flower, Garden, Thinking

  "Fictional character: Emma Woodhouse". "Emma", www.imdb.com. June 7, 1996.

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• Look at me, Emma." Her eyes are full, the lids heavy. "Graham," she breathes. "I need you to hear me." Cradling her head in my hands, thumbs sweeping her tears away, I stare into her eyes. "I belong to you. There is no one else. All I want is to be where you are.

  Tammara Webber

  Eye, Hands, Tears

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• I'd like to do a comedy with Emma Thompson. I admire her as an actress so much. I love her. And I didn't know it until recently that her whole career started in comedy.

  Gene Wilder

  Love, Ukulele, Careers

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• I cannot make speeches, Emma...If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more. But you know what I am. You hear nothing but truth from me. I have blamed you, and lectured you, and you have borne it as no other woman in England would have borne it.

  Jane Austen

  Speech, Might, Able

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• Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

  Jane Austen

  Inspiring, Nature, Interesting Situations

  Jane Austen (1841). “Emma: A Novel”, p.159

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• The funniest thing happened in one of my first scenes. In the beginning Emma was really arrogant and punk and in every scene she would slam the door when she walked in or out.

  Dannii Minogue

  Funny, Doors, Arrogant

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• I've known Emma Watson since she was 9, we've watched each other grow up, formed this sort of brother/sister bond, and suddenly I'm leaning in to kiss her. Well, it felt completely wrong... but, you know, you try to sink into the character and divorce yourself from it. We ended up laughing hysterically afterwards.

  Rupert Grint

  Brother, Growing Up, Character

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• My career plan at this point is 'Ice Age 5' through '10,' and even '12,' and 'Spider Man' - you know, basically I'd be Emma Stone's dad for the rest of my career. I really don't have any problem doing that.

  Denis Leary

  Dad, Men, Ice

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• Emma is a mattress who got thrown off the truck when her parents split up. It's not like you can blame a mattress when people don't tie it down tight enough.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Ties, People, Parent

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.26, Penguin

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• You hurt her by starving yourself, you hurt her with your lies, and by fighting everybody who tries to help you. Emma can only sleep a couple of hours a night now. She's haunted by nightmares of monsters that eat our whole family. They eat us slowly, she says, so we can feel their sharp teeth.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Hurt, Couple, Lying

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.179, Penguin

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• I need to finish this scarf/shawl/blanket thing so I can start something for Emma- a hat, maybe, or a sweater for her stuffed elephant.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Elephants, Sweaters, Needs

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.180, Penguin

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• A moment passed, perhaps half a second when their faces said what they felt, and then Emma was smiling, laughing, her arms around his neck.

  David Nicholls

  Laughing, Half, Arms

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• Scramblers deactivated, then? Well here's some good news. You feel no pain. You will go straight to a hospital. Remember nothing of this place. And every time you hear the words "parsley", "intractable" or "longitude", you will vomit uncontrollably for forty-eight hours.

  Joss Whedon

  Pain, Eight, News

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• He was bored now when Emma suddenly began to sob on his breast; and his heart, like the people who can only stand a certain amount of music, became drowsy through indifference to the vibrations of a love whose subtleties he could no longer distinguish.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Heart, People, Bored

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• With you i found myself. You are the one i was waiting for, when i didn't even realize i was waiting. -dr. Emma Sinclair-

  Jill Shalvis

  Waiting, Drs, Realizing

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• A skillful playwright might have a good time with the story of the assassination of President William McKinley, and especially with the three most flamboyant political figures involved: Mark Hanna, Theodore Roosevelt, and Emma Goldman.

  Russell Baker

  Political, President, Stories

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• And sometimes then he sat with us for an hour or so, sharing our limbo, listening while I read. Books from any shelf, opened at any page, in which I would start and finish anywhere, mid-sentence sometimes. Wuthering Heights ran into Emma, which gave way to The Eustace Diamonds, which faded into Hard Times, which ceded to The Woman in White. Fragments. It didn't matter. Art, its completeness, its formedness, its finishedness, had no power to console. Words, on the other hand, were a lifeline.

  Diane Setterfield

  Art, Book, Hard Times

  Diane Setterfield (2007). “The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• The moment I was introduced to my wife, Emma, at a party I thought, here she is - and 20 minutes later I told her she ought to marry me. She thought I was as mad as a rat. She wouldn't even give me her telephone number - and she wrote in her diary: "A funny little man asked me to marry him."

  Julian Fellowes

  Party, Men, Numbers

  "My family values". Interview with Hilary Whitney, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2009.

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• I love the acting community at Cambridge. It's really quite committed and serious, since the days of Derek Jacobi and Ian McKellen right through to Emma Thompson and Hugh Laurie.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Community, Acting, Serious

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• The funny thing is, the girls that I'm always up against for roles are pretty nice and cool, like Emma Watson. She's awesome.

  Amanda Seyfried

  Funny, Girl, Nice

  "Amanda Seyfried's March 2012 Cover-Shoot Gallery". Glamour Interview, www.glamour.com. February 1, 2012.

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• I would die if Woody Allen ever called and said, 'Emma, I have a role for you.'

  Emma Roberts

  Roles, Woody, Said

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• Emma Watson is adorable in the extreme. She is such a lovely person.

  Bill Nighy

  Adorable, Lovely, Extremes

  "Bill Nighy Praises 'Harry Potter' Stars". Premiere Magazine Interview, www.digitalspy.com. June 29, 2010.

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• There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

  Jane Austen

  Men, Resolution, Duty

  Jane Austen (2009). “Emma”, p.91, Wild Jot Press

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