Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or family:
“I wish you would not let him plunge into a ôvortex of
Dissipation.ö I do not object to the Thing, but I cannot bear the
expression; it is such thorough novel slangand so old, that I
dare say Adam met with it in the first novel he opened.”
—Jane Austen (17751817)
“Children should know there are limits to family finances or they will confuse we cant afford that with they dont want me to have it. The first statement is a realistic and objective assessment of a situation, while the other carries an emotional message.”
—Jean Ross Peterson (20th century)