Austen Family

Famous quotes containing the words austen and/or family:

    “Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)

    “A house means a family house, a place specially meant for putting children and men in so as to restrict their waywardness and distract them from the longing for adventure and escape they’ve had since time began.”
    —Marguerite Duras (b. 1914)