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I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

England
Joined October 2012
"Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.” ~ Jane #Austen
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"Perhaps it is our imperfections that make us so perfect for one another!” ~ #JaneAusten
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. #Gandhi
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My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. #JaneAusten
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My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me. #JaneAusten
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“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.” ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
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Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience -- or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope. #JaneAusten
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It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do. #JaneAusten
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I advise children who ask about being a writer to read as much as possible. Jane Austen gave the same advice, I'm in good company #JKRowling
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“Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain.” Austen
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“Know your own happiness. Want for nothing but patience -- or give it a more fascinating name: Call it hope.” ― Jane Austen
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“Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.” ― Jane Austen
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She was sensible and clever, but eager in everything; her sorrows, her joys, could have no moderation. #JaneAusten
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I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. #Austen
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Give a girl an education & introduce her properly into the world, and 10 to 1 but she has the means of settling well. #Austen
Do not give way to useless alarm; though it is right to be prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. #Austen
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Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied. #Austen
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Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection. #Austen
Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first? #JaneAusten
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Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion. #Austen
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