Austen Influence Quotes

“The high stone fireplace, the heavy walnut tables, the fringed Oriental rug, the leather furniture. The air definitely came alive, but Willie felt out of place. Not because of any excessive luxury-the furnishings, while meticulously preserved, were still scarred and worn, but they seemed to suspend him in another time. Why, it was like walking into a movie set for Wuthering Heights.”
― Gloria Naylor

“... but pretty women in search of husbands are always more numerous than men of large fortunes looking to marry.”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels