It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Every body allows that the talent of writing is particularly female. Nature might have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal.
Jane AustenAnd we mean to treat you all,' added Lydia, 'but you must lend us the money, for we have just spent ours at the shop out there.
Jane AustenIt is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Jane Austen