″‘How I wish I lived in a Jane Austen novel!’
I said I’d rather be in a Charlotte Bronte.
‘Which would be nicest- Jane with a touch of Charlotte, or Charlotte with a touch of Jane.‘”
“There are hundreds of worries and even sorrows that may come along, but- I think what I really mean is that Rose won’t be wanting things to happen. She will want things to stay just as they are. She will never have the fun of hoping something wonderful and exciting may be just round the corner.”