“I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit. Letter to Cassandra (1799”
Jane Austen
10 quotes
“I am rather impatient to know the fate of my best gown. Letter to Cassandra (1799”
“She would tell you herself that she has a very dreadful cold in her head at present; but I have not much compassion for colds in the head without fever or sore throat. Letter to Cassandra (1799”
“I had a very pleasant evening, however, though you will probably find out that there was no particular reason for it; but I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it. Letter (1799”
“You deserve a longer letter than this; but it is my unhappy fate seldom to treat people so well as they deserve. Letter to Cassandra (1798”
“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal. Letter to Cassandra (1798”
“I am very much obliged to my dear little George for his message”
“Next week I shall begin my operations on my hat, on which you know my principal hopes of happiness depend. Letter (1798”
“What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance. Letter (1796”
“Here I am once more in this scene of dissipation and vice, and I begin already to find my morals corrupted. Letter (August 1796) on arriving in London [ Letters of Jane Austen”