Jane Austen, 6 quotes

‘Novels are all so full of nonsense and stuff! There has not been a tolerably decent one come out since Tom Jones, except The Monk; I read that t’other day; but as for all the others, they are the stupidest things in creation.’ Northanger Abbey

‘It isn’t what we say or think that defines us but what we do.’ Sense and Sensibility

‘Laugh as much as you choose but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.’ Pride and Prejudice

‘There are people, who the more you do for them, the less they will do for themselves.’ Emma

‘I was quiet but I was not blind.’ Mansfield Park