“What couldn't I do now, having already committed such a breach of fashion logic and lived to tell the tale? Why couldn't I pretend to be a woman with a solid core of self-worth, who likes herself no matter what… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“Tonight, however, all I can think of is the juxtaposition of destiny and free will, and whether it makes no difference what I do,… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“None of my friends knows that most of the sick days I've taken from work are not sick days, but Austen days.” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“...and I decide to stop inwardly composing the feminist world court's prosecutorial summation to the jury.” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“But I know that any man whose very presence incites me to nearly throw away my reputation-or whatever shreds of it remain-is someone I… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“What she said was something about trusting that everything, no matter how horrible it might seem at the moment, ultimately turns out to be… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“You know, it is a little known fact that thinking is entirely overrated. The world would be a much better place if we all… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“They say the truth will set you free, but what nobody tells you is that sometimes the truth will also make you miserable.” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine a world in which one can read Jane Austen only once.” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“What Martha Stewart-like demon of a Stepford wife is possessing me?” — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“But see, that's the thing about movies. Nothing is left to the imagination. You read a book, and you see a picture of the… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
“But I do know that any place where there are six novels by the author of Pride and Prejudice must be a very special… — Laurie Viera Rigler Copy Share Image
