Captain Wentworth Quote

"A man does not recover from such a devotion of the heart to such a woman! He ought not; he does not." - In this quote Captain Wentworth is supposed to be talking about his friend that lost his fiance, but behind all of that he is really talking about himself. It is so beautiful the way Austen writes this and shows that both character knows what the other is meaning but they are not yet ready to talk about it. A slight blush here and there gives this part in the book so much innocence, an innocence that you barely ever find in books nowadays. But it also shows a love that is so pure and true that you cannot help but express your emotions aloud while reading it. I feel it also shows a different side to Austen, where she is always empowering the women in her novels to be great heroines, but she is also showing that men to have hearts as well.