Becoming Jane (2007)

James Cromwell: Reverend Austen

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• Rev Austen : Nothing destroys spirit like poverty.

• Mrs. Austen : That girl needs a husband. But who's good enough? Nobody. Thanks to you.

  Rev Austen : Being so much the model of perfection.

  Mrs. Austen : I've shared your bed for 32 years and perfection I have not encountered.

  Rev Austen : Yet.

• Rev Austen : Jane should have not the man who offers the best price but the man she wants.

• Rev Austen : If a woman happens to have a particular superiority, for example, a profound mind, it is best kept a profound secret. Humour is liked more, but wit?. No. It is the most treacherous talent of them all.

• Rev Austen : Her heart is stirred.

  Mrs. Austen : It's a summer squall. Mr. Lefroy will soon be gone. And Mr Wisley will still be waiting, I hope.

• Mrs. Austen : You could persuade her.

  Rev Austen : To sacrifice her happiness? Jane should have not the man who offers the best price, but the man she wants.