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title: "2 Austen Quotes By Mary Ann Shaffer"
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> [After all, what's good enough for Austen ought to be good enough for anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/after-all-what-s-good-enough-for-austen-ought-to-be-good-enough-for/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

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> [All my life I thought that the story was over when the hero and heroine were safely engaged -- after all, what's good enough for Jane Austen ought to be good enough for anyone. But it's a lie. The story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/all-my-life-i-thought-that-the-story-was-over-when-the-hero-and-2/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

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## Other authors on Austen

## More by Mary Ann Shaffer

> [Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/reading-good-books-ruins-you-for-enjoying-bad-books/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [Now that I think about it, maybe he is a werewolf. I can picture him lunging over the moors in hot pursuit of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/now-that-i-think-about-it-maybe-he-is-a-werewolf-i-can-picture-him/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [Miss X has always been a ditherer -- she was a ten month baby and has not improved in any material way since then.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/miss-x-has-always-been-a-ditherer-she-was-a-ten-month-baby-and-has/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/i-don-t-want-to-be-married-just-to-be-married-i-can-t-think-of/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [“This profusion of questions, exclamations, and tales is the new version of the Society. Its members are spread all over the world, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/this-profusion-of-questions-exclamations-and-tales-is-the-new-version/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [“I kept trying to explain and he kept shouting until I began to cry from frustration. Then he felt remorseful, which was so unlike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/i-kept-trying-to-explain-and-he-kept-shouting-until-i-began-to-cry/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [“A sunny nature? A light heart? I have never been so insulted. Light-hearted is a short step from witless in my book. A cackling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/a-sunny-nature-a-light-heart-i-have-never-been-so-insulted-light/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [“I can’t think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can’t talk to, or worse, someone I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/i-can-t-think-of-anything-lonelier-than-spending-the-rest-of-my-life/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [People don't know how chickens can turn on you, but they can -- just like mad dogs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/people-don-t-know-how-chickens-can-turn-on-you-but-they-can-just-like/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [Treat a dog right and he'll treat you right - he'll keep you company, be your friend, never ask you no questions. Cats is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/treat-a-dog-right-and-he-ll-treat-you-right-he-ll-keep-you-company-be/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [“Thousands of those men and boys died here, and I have recently learned that their inhuman treatment was the intended policy of Himmler. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/thousands-of-those-men-and-boys-died-here-and-i-have-recently-learned/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [What on earth did you say to Isola? She stopped in on her way to pick up Pride and Prejudice and to berate me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/what-on-earth-did-you-say-to-isola-she-stopped-in-on-her-way-to-pick/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [“He didn't say much at our first meeting - nor at any of our meetings since, come to think of it - but left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/he-didn-t-say-much-at-our-first-meeting-nor-at-any-of-our-meetings/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/those-times-i-tried-to-think-of-something-happy-something-i-d-liked/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

> [Because there is nothing I would rather do than rummage through bookshops, I went at once to Hastings & Sons Bookshop upon receiving your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-ann-shaffer/because-there-is-nothing-i-would-rather-do-than-rummage-through/)

[Mary Ann Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-ann-shaffer/)

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