Jane of Austin Quotes

“Every woman swoons over a man walking out of a lake in a white shirt. It's a universal truth.”
― Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin

“Tea! That’s all I needed. A good cup of tea. A superheated infusion of free radicals and tannin. Just the thing for heating the synapses. —RUSSELL T. DAVIES”
― Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility

“Well, I brought a book. When I was young, there was one week when my parents were away on vacation in the Bahamas, and Roy and Betsy were watching us. I fell ill with the chicken pox, and when Roy was off work, he’d read to me while I rested.” I smiled up at him. “That’s a wonderful story.” “I felt better, and I think the book did the trick. So I brought it with me.” He reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a beaten paperback. Peering at it, at an angle, I just managed to read the title. The Princess Bride, it read. I”
― Hillary Manton Lodge, Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility