Sometimes the Dashwood girls do notseem like sisters.Elinor is all calmnessand reason,and can be relied upon forpractical,common sense opinions.Marianne,on the other hand,is allsensibility,full of passionate and romantic feeling.Shehas no time for dull common sense-or for middle-agedmen of thirty-five,long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young,of course.And ifyour heart is broken at the age of seventeen,how can youever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fillsyour life,waking and sleeping?
Sometimes the Dashwood girls do notseem like sisters.Elinor is all calmnessand reason,and can be relied upon forpractical,common sense opinions.Marianne,on the other hand,is allsensibility,full of passionate and romantic feeling.Shehas no time for dull common sense-or for middle-agedmen of thirty-five,long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young,of course.And ifyour heart is broken at the age of seventeen,how can youever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fillsyour life,waking and sleeping?
Sometimes the Dashwood girls do notseem like sisters.Elinor is all calmnessand reason,and can be relied upon forpractical,common sense opinions.Marianne,on the other hand,is allsensibility,full of passionate and romantic feeling.Shehas no time for dull common sense-or for middle-agedmen of thirty-five,long past the age of marriage. True love can only be felt by the young,of course.And ifyour heart is broken at the age of seventeen,how can youever expect to recover from the passionate misery that fillsyour life,waking and sleeping?