“ There is something so INEVITABLE about seven-and-twenty; it is decidedly on the wrong side of the decade for a lady, particularly an unmarried one. Stephanie Barron
“ The fate of all things cherished and expensive, to be lost at hazard, and well before their time Stephanie Barron
“ The long blue shadows of afternoon advanced before me like cheerful ghosts of last summer's growth, dancing past the withered flower borders and the stiff hedges to fall at the feet of a stone nymph,… Stephanie Barron
“ She could not give him power over her. She gave no man that. I don’t deal in bonds, sir, she called back over her shoulder as she fled for the stables. They’re too much like chains. Stephanie Barron
“ Is lawlessness to be permitted, simply because it is effected with a certain style? Jane, Jane! Where are your finer sensibilities? All o'erthrown, by a man with a golden tongue and a mocking glance? Stephanie Barron
“ I admire your courage. It is rare to find a woman who places her personal happiness above her fears for the future. Stephanie Barron
“ The world, however bleak I have found it in the last few weeks, must nonetheless be formed of goodness, if but a few moments in Nature’s company may suffice to renew one’s health and mental aspect. Stephanie Barron
“ The chief rule of British Society: Sleep where you like, but be in your own bed by morning. Stephanie Barron
“ Providence, assuredly, is a mysterious mover, and who is Jane to ignore it's direction? Stephanie Barron
“ Life's burdens may only be overcome by a summoning of inner resources: by a dependence not upon others, but upon the qualities of spirit and mind. Stephanie Barron
“ The landscape artist had captured a distant prospect of an ancient hillside, surmounted by cyprus and a few tumbled columns; the mood was one of desolation and peace, a glorious past recalled, and now… Stephanie Barron
“ So that's the way of it, is it. Mr. Taylor rejoined, not to be deterred. You intend to tell us nothing? The ways of Justice, like the secrets of the marriage bed, are best enshrouded in silence, Nedd… Stephanie Barron
“ This is fine living, indeed, Neddie cried. Poor Collingforth is charged with murder, and you can do nothing but consume a quantity of cake!I closed my book and surveyed him narrowly. Lizzy had informe… Stephanie Barron
“ I was treated once more to a novelist's valuable lesson, however—in apprehending that one's perception of plot and character are influenced entirely by one's own experience. To hear Mary tell the stor… Stephanie Barron
