Jane Austen — "I am not a good woman, but I am a good creature."

"I have been thinking a good deal about you, and wishing you were here, that we might talk over the wedding."

"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 …"

"I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives."

"I have just been reading a very stupid book, which I am glad I have finished."

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