Quote by Katherine Reay Download Open image ““Austen really had a thing against Marys.”” — Katherine Reay ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A lot of aspiring writers quote the right people, but they do so like Mary Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. They quote Austen like… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“Mary wasn't brilliant.She was a good woman who let her emotions guide her politics. She just couldn't help being for anybody who was agin… — Murray Morgan Copy Share Image
“Mary feels she should have been a boy and then everything would have been so much easier. She fights against her femininity in a… — Jessica Fellowes Copy Share Image
“...she was something more- a force, a stable, familiar force like something out of my past which kept me from whirling off into some… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
“He had despised that Mary with her idiot smile, symbol of a story that meant nothing, servant of a God who no good to… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James. But this writer, or writers, well, they're pretty damn good too.” — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
“I couldn't exactly blame Jane Austen for being a romantic. What the hell else was there to do back then for fun?” — Kristin Walker Copy Share Image
“I don't want to be just another thing mary elizabeth is in charge of” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“I could no longer be equated with the Virgin Mary. I had been corrupted. I was like everyone else. My stone-casting credibility had been… — Graeme Simsion Copy Share Image
“Time was never neutral and often felt dangerous. We either think we have all the time in the world or time moves too fast… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“People forget your face after a book tour or an infrequent appearance on Letterman, but put your face on your books and you're handing… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“My mom used to have her own hymnal. It was as marked up as her Bible. She sang in the church choir for years.… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“Music is math, and one you understand that…How can anyone not be in awe? It’s the audible expression behind the laws of the universe.… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“Do you ever feel like there are plans for you? Not ones you make, but plans for good that will come about if you… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“Maybe that's what love is—sacrificing yourself to save another, taking the insult or taking the hit.” — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“Love spills out of these people. That's what I want. Settling for anything less is a lie.” — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“And it’s yellow. The way pale yellow should look, like sunshine and butter, mixed with hope and cream.” — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“My new favorite title is How Jane Austen Ruined My Life . I don't have the courage to read it, though. I'm afraid to… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“He said that how people treat you is only 10 percent about you and 90 percent about them, so you need to be careful… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“There was nothing “bright and sparkling” about this one. It was subdued, almost melancholy. Heroine Anne Elliot, perhaps my favorite of the Austen women… — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
