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Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts, as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them, or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.

Bronte C., Jane Eyre, Locations 1675-90

It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

Bronte C., Jane Eyre, Location 1675-83

When you have dogs, you witness their uncomplaining acceptance of suffering, their bright desire to make the most of life in spite of the limitations of age and disease, their calm awareness of the approaching end when their final hours come. They accept death with a grace that I hope I will one day be brave enough to muster.

Koontz D., A Big Little Life, chapter xvii, p.165

This may be the primary purpose of dogs: to restore our sense of wonder and to help us maintain it, to make us consider that we should trust our intuition as they trust theirs, and to help us realize that a thing known intuitively can be as real as anything known by material experience.

Koontz D., A Big Little Life, chapter ix, p.78-79

At last the affair was decided. The ivory, the gold, and the pearls, all received their appointment, and the gentleman having named the last day on which his existence could be continued without the possession of the toothpick-case, drew on his gloves with leisurely care, and bestowing another glance on the Miss Dashwoods, but such a one as seemed rather to demand than express admiration, walked off with an happy air of real conceit and affected indifference.

Sense and Sensibility, Volume II, Chapter XI
Jane Austen

The thought that Sense and Sensibility seems rather childish crossed my mind many times as I read it. But then again, I think that this book also has a lot more humour in it than Pride and Prejudice did. I couldn't help but go all ROTFLOL on so many occassions. All that jazz for a toothpick-case, for all things. I surely am seeing a side of Austen that I haven't seen before.

That and this has renewed my vigor to read Pride and Prejudice right after as well!!

On a side note, any linguists or grammar geeks out there? Why was that phrase "walked off with an happy air of real conceit..."?? The H is not silent and the pronounciation is not that of a vowel... so... why is it with "an happy" and not "a happy"?? I'm really worried my knowledge of the English language is deteriorating...

(you know, it's a University, a Uniform, but an Umbrella, and it's an Honour and also an Hour and an Heir but a House)

Sir John wanted the whole family to walk to the Park directly and look at his guests. Benevolent, philanthropic man! It was painful to him even to keep a third cousin to himself.

Sense and Sensibility, Volume I - Chapter XXI
Jane Austen

I can feel the sarcasm in that quote. Elinor, you are so sarcastic. I like you.

I'm starting to slowly get back into the "old"-ish English language. I wrote in Goodreads that I found Sense and Sensibility to be quite childish and naive in comparison to Pride and Prejudice. I have to say that it's also quite more humourous and light-hearted. Although I have read Pride and Prejudice a good few 4-5 times, that was all during high school. And then it was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. I'd like to re-read that again and make a good comparison.

I'm not sure about literary merits and such whatnots, but in terms of amusement, I think Sense and Sensibility would have suited being a high-school text more than Pride and Prejudice? My two cents...

Current Mood: amused

A man died, was wrapped in a shroud and placed in a coffin. Many people assembled for his burial, mourning and weeping.

But the man was in suspended animation and was awakened by the wailing, He banged on the coffin lid.

Horrified, the mourners looked at each other. But the bravest of them opened the coffin, saw the dead man sit up and heard him cry out, “I am not dead.”

At which the brave man said in a firm voice: “Both the priest and the doctor have pronounced you dead. So lie down again.”

Then they nailed down the coffin again and lowered it into the grave.

Fredriksson M., According to Mary, part 1, chapter 12, p 59

If this dog does something wrong, the fault will be yours, not hers.

Koontz D., A Big Little Life, chapter iv, p.40

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