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> [“Did Jane Austen ruin lives by giving people false expectations about love? Were her heroes just too good to be true? Could a real man of flesh and blood ever hope to live up to such paragons? And were books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/did-jane-austen-ruin-lives-by-giving-people-false-expectations-about/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

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## More by Victoria Connelly

> [“Why is life a constant disappointment?' 'Because we read fiction,' Mia said, and Shelley nodded, knowing it was true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/why-is-life-a-constant-disappointment-because-we-read-fiction-mia/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Very few modern men dressed well, she had to admit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/very-few-modern-men-dressed-well-she-had-to-admit/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Sarah often thought it funny how she would think of the characters as if they were real people who had really lived, occupying this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/sarah-often-thought-it-funny-how-she-would-think-of-the-characters-as/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“She couldn't help thinking that something was wrong with a person had more shoes than books in their home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/she-couldn-t-help-thinking-that-something-was-wrong-with-a-person-had/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“a lady’s imagination is very rapid”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/a-lady-s-imagination-is-very-rapid/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“That’s the only problem with novels,’ Mia said. ‘They give readers such high hopes that the real world can often be a bit of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/that-s-the-only-problem-with-novels-mia-said-they-give-readers-such/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Every person has to make their own decisions in life. It’s virtually impossible to learn from somebody else’s mistakes; there are too many variables.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/every-person-has-to-make-their-own-decisions-in-life-it-s-virtually/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Stories survive not just because of empathetic characters that we can still identify with but because the author has something to say to us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/stories-survive-not-just-because-of-empathetic-characters-that-we-can/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/novels-can-tell-us-so-much-about-life-they-have-the-power-to-enrich/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Did Jane Austen ruin lives by giving people false expectations about love? Were her heroes just too good to be true? Could a real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/did-jane-austen-ruin-lives-by-giving-people-false-expectations-about/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“I think loss isolates a person. Everybody is far too nervous to ask you how you feel, in case you have a breakdown in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/i-think-loss-isolates-a-person-everybody-is-far-too-nervous-to-ask/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“She needed a break from me. Well, real ones anyway. Fictional men were fine: they knew their place. You could just pick up a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/she-needed-a-break-from-me-well-real-ones-anyway-fictional-men-were/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Best safety lies in fear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/best-safety-lies-in-fear/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“I wonder what it is about a certain novel that ticks the boxes for a reader. I mean, for me, a story can have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/i-wonder-what-it-is-about-a-certain-novel-that-ticks-the-boxes-for-a/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

> [“Why couldn’t love be rational like everything else? What right did it have to bulldoze through your reasoning and leave you spinning?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-connelly/why-couldn-t-love-be-rational-like-everything-else-what-right-did-it/)

[Victoria Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-connelly/)

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