Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not ~ Jane Austen
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We are a Society of avid researchers of all things #JaneAusten. We share all we know of her and post daily Austenesque quotes. WE LOVE JANE AUSTEN!
There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.
Is not general incivility the very essence of love? ~ Jane Austen
I’m fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars’ ~ Colin Firth
“There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison, no countenances so beloved” ~ Jane Austen
“My characters shall have, after a little trouble, all that they desire” ~ Jane Austen
We are so excited for the upcoming Jane Austen adaptation of her beloved: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY! Opens October 16 in theatres. See the trailer below to preview the movie 🌺🎉
Watch the first trailer for Georgia Oakley’s Sense and Sensibility, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, George MacKay and Fiona Shaw 💗 In theaters October 16. Add to your watchlist ➡️ https://boxd.it/VTKG
First poster for Georgia Oakley's Sense and Sensibility 👀 Trailer drops tomorrow.
“I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy…But perhaps you will say, these were all written by men” ~ Jane Austen
“I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way” ~ Jane Austen
There are as many forms of love as there are moments in time ~ Jane Austen
“When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library” ~ Jane Austen
“My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever” ~ Mr Darcy
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves; it is not my nature” — Northanger Abbey
“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them forever” –– Pride & Prejudice.
“A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself” ~ Jane Austen
“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book” ~ Jane Austen
“I wonder who first discovered the efficacy of poetry in driving away love!” ~ Jane Austen
What a beautiful cover for Jane Austen’s novel ‘Pride & Prejudice. This cover is the #Swedish Edition!
“Will you tell me how long you have loved him?” It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began.” ~ Jane Austen
“And then you have added so much to it yourself—you are always buying books” ~ Jane Austen
“It is not everyone,' said Elinor, 'who has your passion for dead leaves” ~ Jane Austen
Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion ~ Jane Austen
“I remember when we were about to make our version of ‘Pride and Prejudice,’ there were so many letters to The Times and other newspapers saying how dare the BBC spend money on remaking this”~ Jennifer Ehle
For my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short ~ Jane Austen