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“I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.”
― Pride and Prejudice
― Pride and Prejudice
“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
― Jane Austen's Letters
― Jane Austen's Letters
“One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.”
― Persuasion
― Persuasion
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Northanger Abbey
― Northanger Abbey
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― The Fellowship of the Ring
Jane Austen
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