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Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated QUOTES

Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated QUOTES

1 " We bring these delightful creatures into the world—eagerly, happily—and then before long they are spying upon and judging us, rarely favourably. Having children is our fondest wish but, in doing so, we breed our acutest critics. It is a preposterous situation—but entirely of our own making. "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

2 " a favourite master, Mr. Grove, liked to say that if we learned to master the semi-colon we could expect to be successful in whatever path we chose in life. One "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

3 " A man so easily influenced is to be treasured.” “As "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

4 " If he held me in true regard he would not believe such insinuations in my disfavour. A worthy lover should assume one has unanswerable motives for all one does!” “Certainly— "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

5 " That’s the parent’s lot! We bring these delightful creatures into the world—eagerly, happily—and then before long they are spying upon and judging us, rarely favourably. Having children is our fondest wish but, in doing so, we breed our acutest critics. It is a preposterous situation—but entirely of our own making.” Susan "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

6 " Here you seem to have won your aunt’s affection; I think I served you well there, for I believe she would do anything to spite me. "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

7 " their spinster amanuensis, the "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

8 " has sadly deprived our language of many of the fertile and resonant words which the Englishman of prior centuries had at his disposal. “Argufy” is one such; the dictionary defines it as “to argue or quarrel, typically about something trivial.” Certainly we have all seen occasions where innocuous subjects are “argufied”; an "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated

9 " A goblet filled to its edge might well spill, causing harm, staining clothing or furnishings, as well as waste; at the minimum it would require careful sipping and could not be easily handed to a friend for sharing. A so-called “half-filled” goblet can, on the other hand, be moved about freely without spilling; it can be taken on a walk or journey. In fact, even the half that is seen as “empty” is not truly so; it is filled to the brim with healthful, life-giving “air.” If "

― Whit Stillman , Love & Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lady Susan Vernon Is Entirely Vindicated