If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. If a book is well written, I always find it too short. I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love! I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives. I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. Letter to Cassandra () - Letters of Jane Austen I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! - When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library. I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible. Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. A collection of quotes collected from the books of Jane Austen.Ī lady's imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.Ī large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.Ī woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.įriendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.
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