<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Quotes from Jane&nbsp;Austen]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>All but the last of these quotes are from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45032.Mansfield_Park" target="_blank">Mansfield Park</a>, which is 200 years old this year.</p>
<p><a href="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="8381" data-permalink="https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/2014/01/15/quotes-from-jane-austen-ian1-6/mansfield/" data-orig-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg" data-orig-size="308,475" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="Mansfield" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;Mansfield Park cover&lt;/p&gt;
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg?w=195" data-large-file="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg?w=308" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-8381" src="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg?w=194&#038;h=300" alt="Mansfield Park Cover" width="194" height="300" srcset="https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg?w=194&amp;h=300 194w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg?w=97&amp;h=150 97w, https://homecomingbook.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/mansfield.jpg 308w" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px" /></a>“There should be moderation in everything.” Sir Thomas to Fanny, commenting on Fanny’s not having a fire, thanks to Aunt Norris.</p>
<p>“I thought it all might pass for nothing with <em>him</em>. Fanny’s attempt to explain her refusal of Mr. Crawford’s proposal.</p>
<p>“I must be a brute indeed, if I can be really ungrateful.” Grateful to Lord Bertram who had raised Fanny</p>
<p>“You have some touches of the angel in you.” Henry Crawford to Fanny.</p>
<p>“How could you imagine me an advocate for marriage without love?” Edmund to Fanny, talking of Crawford’s proposal.</p>
<p>“As a by-stander, perhaps I saw more than you did.” Fanny to Edmund, talking about the play</p>
<p>“It would have been easier if the Genetics Board had not insisted that she bear his child.” Sue Ann Bowling, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7951165-homecoming" target="_blank"><em>Homecoming</em></a>. Derik is half-wishing Vara had not been forced by the Genetics Board to have his child, but he cannot regret the child.</p>
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