Arches Quote by Jane Austen

Her impulse, her need, to be the corrector of injustices, warden of the downtrodden flock. And

— Khaled Hosseini

“She was an old-fashioned woman. She had the calm of frequentation; she belonged to this house and it to her. Though she was a…

— Christina Stead

This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became half her…

— Michael Ondaatje

“As Hester Prynne seemed to see some trace of her own sin in every bosom, by the glare of the Scarlet Letter burning on…

— Louisa May Alcott

She was a little given to rehearsing things in her mind, and having imaginary triumphs over people who had upset her in one way…

— James M. Cain

“She was a dedicated churchgoer, devoted do-gooder, and throbbing artery of village gossip. She sharpened her tongue on the loose lives of others and…

— Christina McKenna

“She discovered, when it was too late, that she had mistaken the means for the end—that riches, rightly used, are instruments of happiness, but…

— Thomas Love Peacock

She represents love, beauty, purity, the ideal female and the moon...and she's the mystère of jealousy, vengeance and discord, AND, on the other hand,…

— Zadie Smith

She writhes under her life. A woman more angry, passionate, reckless, and revengeful never lived.

— Charles Dickens

“living eulogy. she danced. she sang. she took. she gave. she loved. she created. she dissented. she enlivened. she saw. she grew. she sweated.…

— Mary Anne Radmacher

“For it was through books that she felt her life to be unjudged Look at all of the great mix-ups, messes, confinement, and double-dealings…

— Louise Erdrich

“These were her rituals, the rutines that made her feel alive and connected. Without them, where would she be? Lost”

— Ben Sherwood