Jane Austen

Jane Austen
Jane Austenwas an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels which interpret, critique and comment upon the life of the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Her most highly praised novel during her lifetime was Pride and Prejudice, her second published novel. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth16 December 1775
CitySteventon, England
He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.
She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angry.
Indeed, I am very sorry to be right in this instance. I would much rather have been merry than wise.
They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life.
But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.
I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.
There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.
A man who has nothing to do with his own time has no conscience in his intrusion on that of others.
Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure.
Look into your own heart because who looks outside, dreams, but who looks inside awakes.
A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.
It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.