Daughter Quote by Jane Austen

“She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she now therefore nothing to do but to…

— Jane Austen

“She did not date. She did not have time for men. Men were never, ever worth a great amount of energy. She was the…

— Mandy Nachampassack-Maloney

“She was the youngest of the two daughters of a most affectionate, indulgent father; and had, in consequence of her sister's marriage, been mistress…

— Jane Austen

“If Miss Beresford had not been in such a hurry to marry a poor country clergyman, there was no knowing what she might not…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Her daughters were eagerly called to partake of her joy. Jane resolutely kept her place at the table; but Elizabeth, to satisfy her mother,…

— Jane Austen

Very unfortunately, she had no husband. She had never had a husband, and therefore did not kill a husband.

— Agatha Christie

“this as a pleasing testimony to the strength of the close working relationship we had once had. For a little while after that, I…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

And he absolutely had to find her at once to tell her that he adored her, but the large audience before him separated him…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“The way he said her name conveyed all of his sympathy, and it confirmed all of the truth of his advice, and it promised…

— Maggie Stiefvater

“It was nothing to her, that an innocent man was to die for the sins of his forefathers; she saw, not him, but them.…

— Charles Dickens

“Because the minister's wife refused to leave the minister, and because my mother required a worshipful companion, she was forced to break up with…

— Augusten Burroughs

“She died a few days later, and her death buried once and for all the intrigues between the Precious Wife, the Gracious Wife, and…

— Shan Sa