Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or family:
“I do not write for such dull elves
As have not a great deal of ingenuity themselves.”
—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)