I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“I guess I was inching and crawling my way toward Elizabeth Bennett's words about unconditional love. That it was a dangerous thing… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
People love Jane Austen, even though those books are absurd to us, because we like the clarity of it: we can see… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I've worked with people and I've known people that were really competitive but I've always said that I take an Elizabeth Bennett… — Anne Hathaway Copy Share Image
You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“We needed to get back to the times of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy or Tristan and Isolde. Where you felt that… — Emily McKee Copy Share Image
For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image