The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation. – Jane Austen

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. – Jane Austen
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation. – Jane Austen
A ladys imagination is very rapid it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment. – Jane Austen