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“And since Mr and Mrs Morland were happy for her to rough and tumble around with her siblings, Catherine spent her days rampaging with dirt-stained dresses and knotty unbrushed hair. I am not too sure that one could beat Catherine in a game of cricket.
She climbed trees faster than a startled squirrel, always yawned her way through schoolwork or piano lessons, and if she ever occasionally showed an interest in picking flowers, it was usually only because her mother had told her not to.
Curiosity and mischief ran through her veins, but, despite all this, she was a kind, well-natured child with a good heart.
By the time Catherine turned 15, the scruffy wildling who once rolled down hills and hid at bathtime had started to slowly vanish before everyone's eyes.
Her mother had given birth to another six children by then, and though Catherine still loved to chase and play ball with her nine brothers and sisters, she was showing signs of turning into a ... a... POLITE YOUNG WOMAN”
― Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
She climbed trees faster than a startled squirrel, always yawned her way through schoolwork or piano lessons, and if she ever occasionally showed an interest in picking flowers, it was usually only because her mother had told her not to.
Curiosity and mischief ran through her veins, but, despite all this, she was a kind, well-natured child with a good heart.
By the time Catherine turned 15, the scruffy wildling who once rolled down hills and hid at bathtime had started to slowly vanish before everyone's eyes.
Her mother had given birth to another six children by then, and though Catherine still loved to chase and play ball with her nine brothers and sisters, she was showing signs of turning into a ... a... POLITE YOUNG WOMAN”
― Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
“I suppose the message of this tale, if it has one at all, is that love does not come from being quiet or docile, well-to-do or empty-headed, pretty or poised. I am not too sure of that... love comes from a delicious mix of wild fancies, too many books, friendships, tyranny, kindness, tantrums, beating hearts, foolishness, tenderness, looking at the word with sparkling eyes, laughing until you cry and lots and lots of disobedience.”
― Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
― Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey
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