Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or family:
“If the warmth of her Language could affect the Body it might
be worth reading in this weather.”
—Jane Austen (1775–1817)
“No wealth can buy the requisite leisure, freedom, and independence which are the capital in this profession. It comes only by the grace of God. It requires a direct dispensation from Heaven to become a walker. You must be born into the family of the Walkers. Ambulator nascitur, non fit.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)