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#QuotsyJan28 #drift Despite all of the significant looks and silent entreaties she is given, Mary doesn't get the drift that she is not very talented ("her voice was weak, and her manner affected") and even goes for a second song--causing Elizabeth to be 'in agonies.' Mary would be THAT person at karaoke night. ? #janeaustenknowsall (Illustration by Alice Pattullo Rockport Classics Reimagined edition.) ?

#QuotsyJan18 #waiting ⏱As a notorious early arriver, I can attest to this fact as I impatiently look at my watch... UNLESS...I have my Kindle or a book with me, in which case I really don't care all that much if the person I am waiting for is late because nine times out of ten, I'd rather be reading anyway. 📚📚🤗📚#ilovereading #scenesfromabook Fanny Price loves to read in Mansfield Park 📚#janeaustenknowsall

#QuotsyJan18 #exchange A second chance to exchange feelings and promises that were lost and broken. 💙 #janeaustenknowsall

#QuotsyJan18 #Sleep There are several quotes about sleep in Northanger Abbey. Catherine at first struggled to sleep in her room there because of her imagination of what might be in the shadows; in this case it is because she can't help fretting about why she is being made to leave. #janeaustenknowsall

#QuotsyJan18 #inspiration ?Fanny become a subscriber at the circulating library and is "amazed at her own doings in every way, to be a renter, a chuser of books!" and wants inspire her sister with her favorites. I think Fanny would have fit in well here at Litsy. ? I'm inspired to reread Mansfield Park this year.?❤️#janeaustenknowsall

#QuotsyJan18 #Commitment This quote is not from the tagged book (as far as I know) but from advice Jane Austen gave her niece in a letter. I like that she gave the same advice about commitment and marriage to her niece as she would the characters in her books.💜 I probably won't use all Austen quotes for this month's challenge but you never know.😆#janeaustenknowsall

#QuotsyDec17 #celebration I started the month with a Pride and Prejudice quote & used it & Austen's works as my source for this challenge, so I wanted to end with it. There are better quotes for 'celebration' but this one by Lady Catherine makes me laugh & since I doubt many people celebrate her 'character'-it makes me think of Inigo Montoya's quote from The Princess Bride. Oh Lady C! 🤣#janeaustenknowsall Mahalo for the fun challenge @TK-421 🌺💜

#QuotsyDec17 #end ❤️Elizabeth muses to herself that Jane's turmoil is finally at an end and she is happy with Bingley--the "happiest, wisest, most reasonable end!" #janeaustenknowsall ?Shown on the pretty endpapers, (ENDpapers ?) illustrated by Alice Pattullo in the Rockport Classics Reimagined edition.

#QuotsyDec17 #trouble If Lady Catherine knew what her going to the trouble to confront Elizabeth at Longbourn would do, she may not have made the journey. 💙 #janeaustenknowsall (As usual, illustrations credit is to Alice Pattullo, Rockport Classics Reimagined edition.)

#QuotsyDec17 #discovery When things go from "Mr. Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty;" to him discovering Elizabeth's "fine eyes." This and other discoveries have him wanting to know more of her. ?#janeaustenknowsall (Darcy's discovery of her eyes as captured by Alice Patttullo in my Rockport Classics Reimagined edition) ?❤️