Jane Austen Quote

“Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” — Jane Austen Source: 1818 book Northanger Abbey Ch. 4

Jane Austen Quote

“There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”  — Jane Austen Source: 1818 book Northanger Abbey (Isabella Thorpe, Ch. 6)

Jane Austen Quote

“Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.” — Jane Austen Source: 1814 book Mansfield Park, Ch. 8