Bespelling Jane Austen Quotes

“We would have met again some other time or in some other place,' he said. 'We would have been given other chances. Life recognizes the unpredictability of our movements in any given life. Somehow we would have met, Jane. We were determined that it would be so before we entered this life.”
― Mary Balogh, Bespelling Jane Austen

“It was really true what they said: you don't look for something out of the ordinary unless you have reason to.”
― Susan Krinard, Bespelling Jane Austen

“Emotion,' she told him, 'is not a reliable guide for our words and actions.'
'There you are wrong,' he said. 'Deep, true emotion is our surest guide. We make our greatest mistake when we allow our heads to rules ours hearts.'
'Emotion is our human weakness.,' she said, 'reason our strength.'
'And love,' he said, 'is our destiny.”
― Mary Balogh, Bespelling Jane Austen

“Each, for me, has its own charms, though none can be considered strictly “perfect” adaptations.”
― Mary Balogh, Bespelling Jane Austen

“She had made reason and common sense her gods.
She had allowed people who did not know what she knew or understand what she unstood to be her mentors.”
― Mary Balogh, Bespelling Jane Austen

“To Jane Austen, for making romance novels classics and keepers for generations.”
― Mary Balogh, Bespelling Jane Austen