"Good apple pies are a considerable part..." - Quote by Jane Austen

“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough. Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.”

“I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any money to spare, I should buy a little land and build one myself, within a short distance of London, where I might drive myself down at any time, and collect a few friends about me and be happy. I advise everybody who is going to build, to build a cottage.”

“Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character; vanity of person and of situation.”

“Love is the greatest refreshment in life.”

“Is there a difference between happiness and inner peace? Yes. Happiness depends on conditions being perceived as positive; inner peace does not.”

“As long as there are postmen, life will have zest.”

“i love playing and chatting with children...feeding and putting them to bed with a little story, and being away from the family has troubled me throughout my...life. i like relaxing at the house, reading quietly, taking in the sweet smell that comes from the pots, sitting around a table with the family and taking out my wife and children. when you can no longer enjoy these simple pleasures something valuable is taken away from your life and you feel it in your daily work.”

“A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.”

“I have nothing against dogs. I just hate rugs that go squish-squish.”