My Plain Jane
Cynthia Hand
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Words were good. But sometimes they were simply inadequate.”
“If there was something strange in your neighborhood, you could, um, write the Society a letter, and they would promptly send an agent to take care of it.”
“But she was a writer, so while she did get this moment of thinking herself somewhat brilliant, it would soon be offset by a crippling doubt that she had a gift of words at all. Such is the way with all writers. Trust us.”
“Of course I’ve been lying. I’m a politician.”
“Never in any Jane Austen novel did the love interest pretend to be a fortune-teller," Helen said, "Why would someone do that?”
“The person who possesses the creative gift owns something of which she is not always the master - something that at times strangely wills and works for itself.”
“She would imagine a different life. She would seek it.”
“There was only one conclusion Jane could draw from the style and design of the dress and it was this: it had to be thought up by men. Then women could in no way outrun them, and with the lack of oxygen to the brain due to a rib cage the size of a fist, they could not outthink them. And with the bright colors, they couldn't hide. No running, no thinking, no hiding.”
“For everyone who's ever fallen for the wrong person, even though we agree that Mr. Darcy looks good on paper ... and in a wet shirt. And for England (again). We're really sorry for what we're about to do to your literature.”
“Grace Poole shrugged. "If you're sure. I can whip something up in the cauldron." "Do not eat anything she whips up in a cauldron," Helen whispered.”
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ghost, creative-minds, cauldron, life, creative, words, jane-austen, funny, poison, witch, fortune-teller
