Jane Austen

I am not very easily taken in, my dear.
#JaneAusten #Sanditon

She was not disturbed by any alarm for his safety, or solicitude for his comfort, being one of those persons who think nothing can be dangerous, or difficult, or fatiguing to anybody but themselves.
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark

Oh! if you knew how much I love every thing that is decided and open!
#JaneAusten #Emma

It makes me very nervous and poorly, to be thwarted so in my own family, and to have neighbours who think of themselves before anybody else.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice

I am monstrous glad to see you—sorry I could not come before—beg your pardon, but I have been forced to look about me a little, and settle my matters;
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility

One hates to be officious, to be giving bad impressions, making mischief.
#JaneAusten #Persuasion

There is not the hundredth part of the wine consumed in this kingdom that there ought to be.
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey

I send you five one-pound notes, for fear you should be distressed for little money.
#JaneAusten #letters1815

Money can only give happiness where there is nothing else to give it.
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken;
#JaneAusten #Emma

without music, life would be a blank to me
#JaneAusten #Emma

As to the mode of our travelling to town, I want to go in a stage-coach, but Frank will not let me.
#JaneAusten #letters1796

Though I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions, I always wish to give them as unstudied an air as possible.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice

May she always be poor, if she can employ her riches no better.
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility

Your peace will not be shipwrecked as mine has been.
#JaneAusten #Persuasion

By the by, as I must leave off being young, I find many douceurs in being a sort of chaperon, for I am put on the sofa near the fire, and can drink as much wine as I like.
#JaneAusten #letter1813

I have often observed it before—she likes to go her own way to work; she does not like to be dictated to;
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark

I am no advocate for entire seclusion. I think, on the contrary, when people shut themselves up entirely from society, it is a very bad thing;
#JaneAusten #Emma

I must struggle through my sorrows and difficulties as I can.
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark

The Jane Austen Society’s London Branch meets at St Columba’s Church — a fitting setting in the heart of London for lovers of Austen’s wit, wisdom and world.
Join us to share conversation, tea and timeless literature.
#JaneAusten #London #StColumbasChurch

Amanda Deans
E-mail : london@jasoc.org.uk

in her silence and sadness she was the very reverse of all that she had been before
#JaneAusten #NorthangerAbbey

Do not pretend, with your sweet temper, to understand a bad one, or to lay down rules for it: you must let it go its own way.
#JaneAusten #Emma

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Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that can be spared from me. You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice

She sighed for the air, the liberty, the quiet of the country;
#JaneAusten #SenseandSensibility

I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others; of resigning my own judgment in deference to those to whom I owe no duty, and for whom I feel no respect.
#JaneAusten #LadySusan

Jane Austen's 250th birthday is coming up in December and I hope you'll celebrate by taking a turn about the room, acquiring a passion for dead leaves & closet shelves, and taking a fancy to the last person you could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

I do believe those are best off that have fewest servants.
#JaneAusten #Sanditon

An egg boiled very soft is not unwholesome.
#JaneAusten #Emma

If you find yourself in the NJ suburbs next month, come to my talk! You can register at ridgewoodlibrary.org.