The difference between romantic and logical love

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Character

Chapter no.

“Mr Knightley might quarrel with her, but Emma could not quarrel with herself.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume I, Chapter 9

“I have none of the usual inducements of women to marry. Were I to fall in love, indeed, it would be a different thing! but I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.”

Emma

Volume I, Chapter 10

“Now, it so happened that in spite of Emma’s resolution of never marrying, there was something in the name, in the idea of Mr Frank Churchill.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume I, Chapter 14

“[Emma] found herself directly involved in a disagreement with Mr Knightley; and, to her great amusement, perceived that she was taking the other side of the question from her real opinion.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume I, Chapter 18

“[. . . ] this persuasion, joined to all the rest, made her think that she must be a little in love with him [Frank], in spite of every previous determination against it.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume II, Chapter 30

“The conclusion of every imaginary declaration on his side was that she refused him.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume II, Chapter 31

“His tall, firm, upright figure, among the bulky forms and stooping shoulders of the elderly men, was such as Emma felt must draw every body’s eyes.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume III, Chapter 38

“The word was blunder ; and as Harriet exultingly proclaimed it, there was a blush on Jane’s cheek which gave it a meaning not otherwise ostensible [. . . ] It was a child’s play, chosen to conceal a deeper game on Frank Churchill’s part.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume III, Chapter 41

“Why was it so much worse that Harriet should be in love with Mr Knightley, than with Frank Churchill? Why was the evil so dreadfully increased by Harriet’s having some hope of a return? It darted through her, with the speed of an arrow, that Mr Knightley must marry no one but herself!”

Omniscient narrator

Volume III, Chapter 47

“Till now that she was threatened with its loss, Emma had never known how much of her happiness depended on being first with Mr Knightley, first in interest and affection.”

Omniscient narrator

Volume III, Chapter 48

“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.”

Mr Knightley