Jane Austen — "I do not think I ever was in a more disgraceful state. I am quite ashamed of mys…"

"I am not at all in a humour for writing; I must write on until I am."

"I am tired of great men and great women, who are always good, and always doing good, and always saying good things."

"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 have been listening to some very dull music, and have just been relieved by the entrance of a fat lady."

"I have been so much amused with this place, that I have hardly known how to leave it."