“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.” — Jane Austen Source: 1818 book Northanger Abbey (Henry Tilney, Ch. 14)
Northanger Abbey (book)
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)