I could not sit down to write a serious romance under any other motive than to save my life. Jane Austen Read Quote
Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. Jane Austen Read Quote
One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering. Jane Austen Read Quote
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. It is not fair. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should not be taking the bread out of the mouths of other people. Jane Austen Read Quote
Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of. Jane Austen Read Quote
Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct orders of being. Jane Austen Read Quote
