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“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.”

― Jane Austen, Persuasion

feminist-knuckles

All universally loved shows have complex female characters. No, this is not a coincidence.

0zeeraa0

I will defend them with my life

elainiisms

female protagonists will literally go through 30 life altering traumas at the age of 16 and you ppl still have the audacity to call them annoying bc they cry about it and act like teenage girls

classicstoriesreadersclub

buddyhollyscurls

What I love about Northanger Abbey is that all of her other heroines had Something: Elinor was sensible, she was a great counselor, Marianne is passionate with talent in music and in the arts, Elizabeth is witty, has great humor and is strong-willed, Fanny is sweet, almost too good and giving to a fault, Emma is pretty, rich, her most unique heroine in that she purposely made her difficult to like, Anne is keenly observant, prides herself on how she improves her mind, is reliant

Meanwhile Jane wrote Catherine and was like she is literally just some girl there is absolutely nothing special about her and i think that's lovely

kvothevschandrians-deactivated2

"There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature."

Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

witchery-wonderland

“I'd rather die tomorrow than live a hundred years without knowing you.”

guiltygirl

i like to pretend i’m emotionless but i have at least 200 mood swings a day

thempress

People look down on McDonald’s employees but fail to realize that if all these folks left McDonald’s and pursued “better careers” your ass wouldn’t be able to get a McDouble with an Oreo McFlurry at 3am.

You can’t demand a service while simultaneously degrading those who provide it for you.