"She was stronger alone...." - Quote by Jane Austen

“Marianne Dashwood was born to an extraordinary fate. She was born to discover the falsehood of her own opinions, and to counteract, by her conduct, her most favourite maxims.”

“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery.”

“A mind lively and at ease, can do with seeing nothing, and can see nothing that does not answer.”

“But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all must be, I said within my heart, Whether they work together or apart.”

“Let us even bid our dearest friends farewell, and defy them, saying, "Who are you? Unhand me: I will be dependent no more." Ah! seest thou not, O brother, that thus we part only to meet again on a higher platform, and only be more each other's, because we are more our own?”

“I am not a person to be pressured - by anybody or any nation.”

“We must not mistake kindness for weakness. Kindness isn't weak. Kindness is a certain type of strength.”

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

“When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over that wall and grow.”