All Roads Lead to Austen Quotes

“Judging books by their covers is seriously underrated, and any book nerd who claims never to have done it is probably lying.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“Every time I hear about somebody who wins a never-work-again sum in the lottery but keeps his or her day job I think, not a book person.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“But as Austen delineates so clearly, you can't stop people from making assumptions if they're so inclined. You can only do your best to show your character through your actions and hope that other people will be capable of forming sound opinions. And if you're a realist like Austen, you'll also be wise enough to realize how many people aren't up to it.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“Sence and Sensibility, for instance, came out in three separate volumes, as did Pride and Prejudice (so the next time you read one of the ubiquitous time-travel Austen adaptations and somebody picks up a single-volume first edition, you can hit your nerd buzzer and say "wrong!").”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“There's a mathematics to nesting, I'm sure, that explains how length of stay + space available = accumulating way too much stuff.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“I don't fear death--I fear dying before I've read Dickens end to end.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“Going off in a corner with a book is, on a basic level, a selfish act. It was something Chela had found herself forced to defend, financial comfort notwithstanding. Thank God for feisty women, rich or poor. Thank God for anyone who’ll fight for the right to sit down with a good book—and then, the right to sit down with some good friends and that good book.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“If you don’t fight for space in your life for art and conversation, so much will pass you by—for anybody, but especially for women, since we’re always taking care of others.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane

“Raised by booklovers, I’ll be a booklover ’til the end. In”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Year-long Journey with Jane

“Gracias a ti, mi mundo seguirá siendo un lugar lleno de posibilidades y esperanzas. "Thanks to you, my world will continue to be a place full of possibilities and hope.”
― Amy Elizabeth Smith, All Roads Lead to Austen: A Yearlong Journey with Jane