"Her Spirits were naturally good, and not easily depressed, and she possessed such a fund of vivacity and good humour as could only be damped by some very serious vexation.- Besides these antidotes against every disappointment, and consolations under them, she had another, which afforded her constant relief in all her misfortunes, and that was a fine shady Bower, the work of her own infantine Labours..." ~from Jane Austen's Catherine, or the Bower
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
I do think of her in every variety of circumstance
Wanted to share this post on Jane Austen's death day today. The relationship she had with her sister was really amazing, and for those who have cared for and lost someone close Cassandra's words will ring true. http://sarahemsley.com/2012/07/18/never-was-human-being-more-sincerely-mourned/
Sunday, October 3, 2010
on death
No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing. ~C.S.Lewis
(on the death of his wife)
There is something horrible, something unfair about death which no religious conviction can overcome. ~Warnie Lewis
(on the death of C.S.Lewis)
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