"I am not at all disposed to think ill of any body, for I believe there is a great deal of good in every human being."

"I feel like a negligent mother for my poor Mansfield Park, so little loved by all."

"I am quite determined to be happy, and to make every one else so if I can."

"Writing is my delight; when real life wearies me, I retreat into my pages."

"She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its …"