{"id":4585,"date":"2025-07-05T14:49:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=4585"},"modified":"2025-07-05T14:49:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T14:49:28","slug":"charming-quotes-from-jane-austen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/05\/charming-quotes-from-jane-austen\/","title":{"rendered":"Charming Quotes from Jane Austen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my Regency-loving friends. Interesting, isn&#8217;t it, that the actual Regency last only from 1811-1820, but the periods before and after can also be considered part of the era? \u00a0When trying to explain to the uninitiated, what the\u00a0Regency is, I&#8217;ll often bring up Jane Austen. I find that most, but not all, have heard of the book\u00a0<strong><em>Pride and Prejudice<\/em><\/strong> and they can get a grasp on what kind of fiction genre I am writing.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianregency.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/104_2304.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4004\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianregency.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/104_2304-224x300.jpg?resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"104_2304\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/104_2304.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/104_2304.jpg?resize=765%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/104_2304.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/104_2304.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p><div id=\"vanes-549486135\" class=\"vanes-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-right: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: 2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/fireswordandsea.htm\" aria-label=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?fit=1706%2C2560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1706&ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"569\" height=\"853\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>So, to bring Jane Austen alive again, in our minds only, I bring you some of her delicious quotes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><q><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quotesea.com\/quote\/whatdreadfulhotweatherwehaveitkeepsmei\">What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance<\/a>.<\/q><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"person\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quotesea.com\/quote\/aladysimaginationisveryrapiditjumpsfro\">A lady&#8217;s imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"person\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quotesea.com\/quote\/thereisnothinglikestayingathomeforreal\">There is nothing like staying at home for real comfort.<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"person\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.quotesea.com\/quote\/thepersonbeitgentlemanorladywhohasnot\">The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.<\/a>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"person\">Based on these quotes alone, I do believe I would have enjoyed know Jane Austen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"person\"><em>Which author would you have liked to spend time with? Answer in the comments, please.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"rop\"><small>Originally posted 2015-05-25 23:20:23. <\/small><\/p><div id=\"vanes-851525976\" class=\"vanes-after-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 3px;margin-right: 3px;margin-bottom: 3px;margin-left: 3px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?fit=1080%2C1350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Listen to the Write of Passage Weekly Podcast\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?w=1080&ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=819%2C1024&ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my Regency-loving friends. Interesting, isn&#8217;t it, that the actual Regency last only from 1811-1820, but the periods before and after can also be considered part of the era? \u00a0When trying to explain to the uninitiated, what the\u00a0Regency is, I&#8217;ll often bring up Jane Austen. 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