Austen Quote by Anna Quindlen

Pride and Prejudice' - perhaps more than any other Jane Austen book - is engrained in our literary consciousness.

— Seth Grahame-Smith

“There are books that speak to us of our own lives with a clarity we cannot match. They prevent the morose suspicion that we…

— Alain de Botton

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! – Jane Austen,…

— Julie Klassen

The art and passion of reading well and deeply is waning, but [Jane] Austen still inspires people to become fanatical readers.

— Harold Bloom

“Austen's works have endured because she had a superb narrative technique and a gift for creating characters who feel as real as life itself.…

— Syrie James

Growing up in the English countryside, I feel like I'm in a Jane Austen novel when I walk around. I just feel comfortable and…

— Lily Collins

Why are we reading if not in hope that the writer will magnify and dramatize our days, will illuminate and inspire us with wisdom,…

— Annie Dillard

Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?

— Annie Dillard

How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!

— Dodie Smith

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and…

— Annie Dillard

“How to explain the sheer tingling joy one experiences when two interesting, complex, and occasionally aggravating characters have at last settled their misunderstandings and…

— Margaret C. Sullivan

“The celestial brightness of Pride and Prejudice is unequalled even in Jane Austen's other work; after a life of much disappointment and grief, in…

— Elizabeth Jenkins