They are much to be pitied who have not been given a taste for nature early in life. – Jane Austen
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken. – Jane Austen
What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance. – Jane Austen
General benevolence, but not general friendship, made a man what he ought to be. – Jane Austen
I was a sickly baby, and after two sets of adoptive parents took me home, they returned me to the orphanage because of a serious respiratory infection. But as they say, the third times a charm, because my mom and dad adopted me and took me into their home where I was raised in a family full of love. – Rodney Atkins