What a revolution in her ideas!
Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
“[I]t is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible.”
“No man is offended by another man's admiration of the woman he loves it is the woman only who can make it a torment. ”
“she had nothing to do but to forgive herself and be happier than ever”
“It would be mortifying to the feelings of many ladies, could they be made to understand how little the heart of a man is affected by what is costly or new in their attire... Woman is fine for her o...”
“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
“If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old”
“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”
“Each voice carries a portion of value, no matter how unpalatable or distasteful that voice may be: no one person, government, ideology, transnational, or religious institution can own and dominate ...”
“How many shots had to be fired to turn this child back to his home and anxious mother?”
“We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society founded upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution. The Revolution is in the individual spirit, o...”
“To be out of touch with a society in which women have internalized their subjugation is an admirable thing.”