Joselle

“He jumps from one thing to the next so quickly because he sees all these connections and doesn’t understand why the rest of us can’t follow along.”
― T. Kingfisher, Illuminations

“She had learnt from Mrs. Bennet that without beauty no real and lasting happiness was attainable. It never occurred to her to question what she’d been taught.”
― Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

“It seems to me that, in the real world, it is impossible to be guided solely by either the impulses of feeling or my rational calculation. Neither is likely to make us happy. In my own view, we have need of them both. Wisdom, I suppose, lies in knowing when to call upon one and when on the other.”
― Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister

“True beauty, he declared, had nothing to do with outward appearance. It came from within, the product of a well-regulated mind and a properly formed understanding. These qualities, and not a pretty face, are the real measure of a woman’s worth.”
― Janice Hadlow, The Other Bennet Sister