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
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
You, of all people, deserve a happy ending Despite everything that happened to you, you aren't bitter You aren't cold You've just retreated a little and been shy, and that's okay If I were a fairy godmother, I would give you your heart's desire in an instant And I would wipe away your tears and tell you not to cry "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of"
I must learn to be content with being happier than I deserve.
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.
I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.
[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.
There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.
I am come, young ladies, in a very moralizing strain, to observe that our pleasures of this world are always to be for, and that we often purchase them at a great disadvantage, giving readi-monied actual happiness for a draft on the future, that may not be honoured.
To begin perfect happiness at the respective ages of 26 and 18 is to do pretty well
Drinking too much of Mr Weston's good wine.
. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.