"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"

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Source : Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice [The 50 Best Classic Books Ever - # 03]”, p.52, Jane Austen

Jane Austen

#Reading Quotes #Enjoyment Quotes

“That expression "positive neutrality" is a contradiction in terms. There can be no more positive neutrality than there can be a vegetarian tiger.”
“Authentic spirituality is revolutionary. It does not legitimate the world, it breaks the world; it does not console the world, it shatters it. And it does not render the self content, it renders it undone.”
“Cause I'm a redneck woman.”

Source : Song: Red Neck Woman
“They say no matter how hard you work, there's always someone, somewhere working harder then you. Guess what.. I'm that someone”
“There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and bigamy, sir, is a crime!'”

Source : "There Once Was an Old Man of Lyme" l. 1 (date unknown)
“The ear is profound, whereas the eye is frivolous, too easily satisfied. The ear is active, imaginative, whereas the eye is passive. When you hear a noise at night, instantly you imagine its cause. The sound of a train whistle conjures up the whole station. The eye can perceive only what is presented to it.”
“Every market is in transition.”
“Those who have had the most impact and influence throughout history and certainly the people who've had the most impact and influence on me personally have been basically entirely unaware of any such influence and made their chief concern their personal devotion and obedience, and the pleasure of God in the hidden things of their lives.”

Source : Source: www.christianpost.com

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