“Is lawlessness to be permitted, simply because it is effected with a certain style? Jane, Jane! Where are your finer sensibilities? All o'erthrown, by a man with a golden tongue and a mocking glance?” EmotionMorals Book:Jane and the Man of the Cloth Source: Jane and the Man of the Cloth
“As it was, I constrained myself to say only what was both honest and inoffensive—and thus, said very little at all.” HonestyOffensePoliteness Book:Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas Source: Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
“The novelist’s perception of motive and character is equally suited to the penetration of human deceit. I am determined never to apologise for my talents in either.” CharacterNovelistsMotive Book:Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas Source: Jane and the Twelve Days of Christmas
“I watched him wave from the back of his hired mare and clatter off down the silent streets of Hans Town in a westerly direction; and reflected that there are few sights so gratifying to a female eye, as a handsome man in a well-made coat and hat, astride a horse on a spring morning.” Handsome Men Book:Jane and the Barque of Frailty Source: Jane and the Barque of Frailty
“Delightful,' Eliza murmured. 'He looks so well against the scarlet hangings, don't you agree, Jane? One should always have a decorative young man about the room, and well-bred if one may contrive it; it lends so much tone to the display.” Handsome Men Book:Jane and the Barque of Frailty Source: Jane and the Barque of Frailty