Being the Best Single You Can Be
How I Wait (For Love, Marriage, and all the stuff in between)
8 min readFeb 13, 2021
In Jane Austen’s Emma, one of the best exchanges of dialogue comes from Mr. Knightley responding to the ever irritating Mrs. Elton. When the recently married woman offers to form the guest list for Mr. Knightley’s house party, since he’s a bachelor, he gives this great response.