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Quotation from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
“It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone”
Sense and Sensibility, Vol. I, Ch. 12 (1813 text)
Marianne defends accepting a horse from Willoughby, whom she has known only briefly.
Citation: "It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone" — Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, Vol. I, Ch. 12 (1813 text). (id sense-and-sensibility-q4)
Portrait: CassandraAusten-JaneAusten(c.1810) hires, Cassandra Austen, Public domain.
