Daphne

“Jane," I said quietly.
She opened her eyes, she had been far away in prayer.
"Yes, Mary? Forgive me, I was praying."
"If you go on flirting with the king with those sickly little smiles, one of us Boleyns is going to scratch your eyes out.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Other Boleyn Girl

“Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

“Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.”
― Jane Austen

“Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park