I sit beside the fire and think
Of all that I have seen,
Of meadow-flowers and butterflies
In summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
In autumns that there were,
With morning mist and silver sun
And wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
Of how the world will be
When winter comes without a spring
That I shall never [...]

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With a “Happy Belated Valentine’s Day” to you all!

Favorite Jane Austen Novel:
Pride and Prejudice

Favorite Jane Austen Movie:
Pride and Prejudice, 1995 A&E version

Favorite Jane Austen Hero and Heroine:
Henry Tilney and Catherine Morland from Northanger Abbey

[One of My] Favorite Jane Austen Quote[s]:

“Elizabeth, on her side, had much to do. She wanted to ascertain the feelings of [...]

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Laurie: “What do those girls do all day long?”
Mr. Brooke: “Over the mysteries of female life there is drawn a veil best left undisturbed.”

from the film, Little Women

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Ruby Gillis: “She really looks dead! I’m frightened. Mrs. Lynde says that acting is a sin!”

Anne: “Ruby, keep quiet. You’re spoiling the effect. Besides, this is hundreds of years before Mrs. Lynde was born. Diana, you arrange all of this. It’s ridiculous for Elaine to be talking when she’s supposed to be dead!”

- From the [...]

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“And you have forgotten one matter of joy to me,” said Emma, “and a very considerable one–that I made the match myself. I made the match, you know, four years ago; and to have it take place, and be proved in the right, when so many people said Mr. Weston would never marry again, may [...]

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Mr. Bingley: “Darcy, I shall never understand why you go through the world determined to be displeased with everything and everyone in it.”
Mr. Darcy: “And I will never understand why you are always in a rage to approve of everything and everyone that you meet.”
From the film, Pride and Prejudice

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Marianne: “Come, I’m taking you on a walk.”
Margaret: “No, I’ve been on a walk.”
Marianne: “You need another.”
Margaret: “It’s going to rain!”
Marianne: “It is not going to rain.”
Margaret: “You always say that, and then it always does.”
– from the film, Sense and Sensibility –

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Anne: “Plum puffs won’t minister to a mind diseased, in a world that’s crumbled into pieces.”
Marilla: “Well, I’m glad to see that your dented spirits haven’t injured your tongue.”
From the film, Anne of Avonlea

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Mr. Bennet: “Shut the door, Lizzie.”
– from the film, Pride and Prejudice

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Mr. Woodhouse: “Must the church be so drafty, Mr. Elton? It is difficult to surrender one’s soul when one is worried about one’s throat.”
Mrs. Weston: “Perhaps some tea and cake would revive you, Mr. Woodhouse.”
Mr. Woodhouse: “Cake! Surely you’re not serving cake at your wedding, Miss Taylor! Far too rich — you put us all [...]

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