"I am no longer surprised at your..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“It was for the sake of what had been, rather than what was.”

“A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.”

“You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.”

“American girls are as clever at concealing their parents as English women are at concealing their past.”

“As the first woman to win Album of the Year at the Grammys twice, I want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame.But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday, when you get where you are going, you will look around and you will know that it was you and the people who love you who put you there. And that will be the greatest feeling in the world. Thank you for this moment.”

“A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second.”

“There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.”

“TALENT PROVIDES HOPE FOR ACCOMPLISHMENT, BUT PERSEVERANCE GUARANTEES IT.”

“It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.”