By Aiyana Edmund | On June 24, 2018 | Updated June 24, 2022 | Comments (0)
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817) was an esteemed British author known for six distinguished novels that secured her legacy in literary history. Her first published novel, Sense and Sensibility, appeared in 1811 under the nom de plume “A Lady.” Read on for beloved quotes from Sense and Sensibility, demonstrating Jane Austen’s trademark wisdom and subtle wit.
Sense and Sensibility is an exquisitely crafted portrait of two sisters, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood who are forced to leave their home after their father’s death. Like other women of their time and class, they must make good marriages.
Along the way they encounter meddling matriarchs, conniving rakes, and competitive contemporaries, all standing in their path to love and security. Read More→
By Aiyana Edmund | On May 27, 2018 | Updated November 12, 2021 | Comments (0)
Harper Lee (1926 – 2016) was an American author best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning book To Kill A Mockingbird (1960). Following are some outstanding quotes from To Kill A Mockingbird, truly a Great American Novel.
As one of the nation’s most celebrated writers, she remained unpublished and largely out of the public eye during the 55-year period between To Kill A Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman.
To Kill a Mockingbird was published in June of 1960 to instant acclaim and success. A coming-of-age story set in Maycomb, small Southern town, it’s told from the perspective of Jean Louise “Scout” Finch. Scout’s father, Atticus Finch, is an attorney with integrity and wisdom to spare. Read More→
By Aiyana Edmund | On April 3, 2018 | Updated March 14, 2023 | Comments (0)
Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) was an American author of fiction and nonfiction, humanitarian, and human rights advocate. She was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Following are quotes from The Good Earth, a classic novel that’s still widely read and studied.
Buck had a prolific career, authoring some seventy books, and was also a dedicated human rights advocate, founding the East and West Association in 1941.
The Good Earth,Pearl Buck’s second novel, is her best-known work and remains the one that defined her place in American literature. It received both the Pulitzer Prize and the Howells Medal in 1932.
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By Aiyana Edmund | On March 26, 2018 | Updated January 16, 2021 | Comments (4)
Lydia Maria Francis Child (1802 –1880) was an American author, social reformer, journalist, and abolitionist. Later in life, her views became a bit muddled, but as a mid-19th-century author, she’s still considered influential. Here’s a compilation of honest and insightful quotes by Lydia Maria Child.
A native of Medford, Massachusetts, she was educated despite her father’s disapproval. Child’s passion for learning led to her writing many works of fiction and nonfiction, as well as her dedicated advocacy of the rights of women and Native Americans. Read More→
By Taylor Jasmine | On March 23, 2018 | Updated September 9, 2025 | Comments (6)
Simone de Beauvoir (1908 – 1986) was a French author, existential philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist. The sampling of quotes from The Second Sex (1949) presented here will make you question how far women have come, and how far there is still to go.
As de Beauvoir’s most enduring work, The Second Sex is still read and studied as an essential manifesto on women’s oppression and liberation.
In addition to this nonfiction masterwork, she was also the author of memoirs, essay collections, and novels, all drawing on her sharp observations of human nature and reflecting her particular philosophical views. Read More→
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