Lady Susan

“My dear Alicia, of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a man of his age! Just old enough to be formal, ungovernable, and to have the gout; too old to be agreeable, too young to die.””

— Jane Austen

“Facts are such horrid things!””

— Jane Austen

“I write only to bid you Farewell. The spell is removed; I see you as you are.””

— Jane Austen

“There is exquisite pleasure in subduing an insolent spirit, in making a person pre-determined to dislike, acknowledge one's superiority.””

— Jane Austen

“I am tired of submitting my will to the caprices of others”

— Jane Austen

“...where there is a disposition to dislike, a motive will never be wanting””

— Jane Austen

“I shall ever despise the man who can be gratified by the passion which he never wished to inspire, nor solicited the avowal of.””

— Jane Austen

“Where pride and stupidity unite there can be no dissimulation worthy notice,””

— Jane Austen

“Consideration and Esteem surely follow command of Language as Admiration waits on Beauty””

— Jane Austen