Famous quotes containing the word austen:
“You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“What did she say?Just what she ought, of course. A lady always does.She said enough to show there need not be despairand to invite him to say more himself.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)