Habits Quote by Julia Quinn

“She had some kind of foolish and unreasonable notion that the more doggedly she stood, the more would she placate certain mysterious powers which…

— Cora Sandel

“But she had learnt, in those solemn hours of thought, that she herself must one day answer for her own life, and what she…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“And of course she had studied the civilization that had immediately preceded her own - the civilization that had mistaken the functions of the…

— E.M. Forster

“She felt like she’d done so much work to appear as eccentric as possible, and still, when it came down to it, she was…

— Maggie Stiefvater

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if she was…

— Stephen Chbosky

“One day she told the class, ‘Nancy Clutter is always in a hurry, but she always has time. And that’s one definition of a…

— Truman Capote

“Elizabeth was excessively disappointed...but it was her business to be satisfied — and certainly her temper to be happy; and all was soon right…

— Jane Austen

“She walked rather quickly; she liked to be active, though at times she gave an impression of repose that was at once static and…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“A woman’s life has so many demands because she is the axis around which so many little planets spin.”

— Mary Alice Monroe

“There is a certain amount of the queenly element in every woman, so that she cannot feel perfectly at ease without something to govern,…

— George MacDonald

“Miss Moore speaks slowly, deliberately. "I know because I read." She pulls back and stands, hands on hips, offering us a challenge. "May I…

— Libba Bray

“Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great lady's attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others.”

— Jane Austen