“Marriage is so disrupting to one’s social circle.”
My roommate Sarah and I just finished watching Emma. Oh, it is such a good movie! It’s one of my favorite Jane Austen movies, second only to Pride and Prejudice. It has some of the best quotes ever - e.g., the title of this post, said by Emma’s father Mr. Woodhouse. So funny. Or:
Emma: “You dismiss her beauty and good nature, yet I would be very much mistaken if your s*x in general does not think those claims the highest a woman could possess.”
Mr. Knightley: “Men of sense, whatever you may say, do not want silly wives!”
Mr. Knightley: “Vanity working on a weak mind produces every kind of mischief.”
Emma: “How fascinating that any discordancy between us must always arise from my being wrong.”
Mr. Knightley: “Not fascinating, but true.”
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The most wonderful thing happened yesterday (sorry, I’m still thinking in an Austen cadence and accent). I went to Barnes and Noble to study, which is usually a bad idea. After I finished, I decided to peruse the used books section - another bad idea. After finding and selecting three different books, along with one new book, only to put them all back, I happened upon a section full of beautiful hardback classics, for only $8 each! I almost bought a collection of Emily Dickinson poems, but I’ll save those for later. Then I saw a copy of Emma, and I just had to get it. I’m so excited that it was so inexpensive!
I suppose it’s just been an Emma day.
Filed under: Books/Writing on January 25th, 2008
*sigh*
I love “Emma”–the movie is so well done. AND I adore Emily Dickinson poems! Each time I read any of her work, I’m inspired to write like her. Correction: I’m inspired to attempt to write like her…
emma is one of my favorite movies of all times.
“the most incomprehensible thing in the world to a man, is a woman who rejects his offer of marriage.”
and…
“emma…you mean you WROTE her answer, didn’t you?” “and if I did I would have done no wrong…”
and…
“…behold him there, the monarch of the seas…” “oh, oh! a mermaid? or do you think we’ll ever know?” ” a ship, dear, a ship.”
aaannnnd…
“emma didn’t ask me to contribute a riddle.” “your entire personality is a riddle mr. knightley, I thought you over qualified.”
Ah yes. I need to watch that again.
Ahhh…I love Emma! I recently purchased the DVD and have watched it several times