Amy

“Jane Austen has taught me to view the ridiculous and rude with amusement rather than disdain.”
― Natalie Tyler

“A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.”
― Jane Austen, Emma

“Nothing refines like affection. Family jarring vulgarizes - family union elevates.”
― Charlotte Brontë

“In love afairs, there is no mediator like a merry, simple-hearted child - ever ready to cement divided hearts, to span the unfriendly gulf of custom, to melt the ice of cold reserve, and overthrow the separating walls of dread formality and pride.”
― Anne Brontë