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"""We have been exactly a quarter of an hour here,"" said Edmund, taking out his watch. ""Do you think we are walking four miles an hour?"" ""Oh! do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch."" (source: Mansfield Park,1814) -- Selected quotes from Jane Austen now at your fingertips Perfect for casual reading, taking ideas, and finding inspiration Makes for a great gift choice EDITORIAL UPDATE: Now includes a brief biography of Jane Austen -- ""Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us."" - Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice, 1813) -- ""But now you love a hyacinth. So much the better. You have gained a new source of enjoyment, and it is well to have as many holds upon happiness as possible... And though the love of a hyacinth may be rather domestic, who can tell, the sentiment once raised, but you may in time come to love a rose?"" - Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey, 1817)"

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