J. > J.'s Quotes

“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in fault themselves to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.”
― Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

“His eyes narrowed. “Is this where the elephants come in? Because there was something about elephants in that French book.”
― J. Kathleen Cheney, The Seat of Magic

“Courage is knowing what not to fear.”
― Plato

“laughed. “It really vexes you, doesn’t it?” “You know it,”
― Fiona West, More Than We Bargained For

“I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice