For Christmas my mom got me a book of advice about various subjects collecedt from quotes in Jane Austen novels. It's called Jane Austen's Little Advice Book. It is broken into several sections like "Men and Women" or "Family". In each section are quotes taken from Jane Austen novels that pertain to that subject. So, I like to open the book to a random page and get my advice for the day. Here's today's:
On the Joys of Aunthood as Opposed to Motherhood
I shall be very well off with all the children of a sister I love so much, to care about. There will be enough of them, in all probability, to supply every sort of sensation that declining life can need. Thre will be enough for every hope and every fear; and though my attachment to none can equal that of a parent, it suits my ideas of comfort better than what is warmer and blinder. My nephews and nieces! I shall often have a niece with me.
Emma
Oh, Jane, you are so wise!
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