Mary-bennet Quote by Jane Austen

“Without knowing it he drew a very pleasant picture of an affectionate, happy family who lived unpretentiously in circumstances of moderate affluence at peace…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“The loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable - that one false step involves in her endless ruin - that her reputation is…

— Jane Austen

“That loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable-- that one false step involves her in endless ruin-- that her reputation is no less…

— Jane Austen

“Lydia delighted her. The girl's roughness, her ability, her exuberance, were qualities desired by Sarah for her children. You could make something out of…

— Winifred Holtby

“In society so superior to what she had generally known, her improvement was great. She was not of so ungovernable a temper as Lydia”

— Jane Austen

“And then there was Lydia. Lydia who had hurtled into his life – into their lives – with hair like fire, eyes like amethysts…

— Dianna Hardy

Loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable; that one false step involves her in endless ruin; that her reputation is no less brittle…

— Jane Austen

“We are in great hopes about poor Lydia.- An honest and ingenious motherly woman in our neighbourhood has undertaken the perfect cure of her,…

— Ignatius Sancho

“Everything that she had wanted for Lydia, which Lydia had never wanted but had embraced anyway. A dull chill creeps over her. Perhaps—and this…

— Celeste Ng

“Until this moment, the wooing of Lydia Trent had been little more than a game to him, but God help him he wanted her…

— Victoria Vane

“And what she loved about Lydia’s play: that it gets at this idea that true sacrifice is painless.”

— Jess Walter

“...women on their own, making up their minds. They wore blouses with buttons down the front that suggested the possibilities of the word undone.…

— Margaret Atwood