But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.

I know of nobody that is coming, I am sure, unless Charlotte Lucas should happen to call in- and I am sure my dinners are good enough for her, since she is an unmarried woman of seven-and-twenty, and as such should expect little more than a crust of bread washed down with a cup of loneliness.

Elizabeth lifted her skirt, disregarding modesty, and delivered a swift kick to the creature's head.

If a movie has more characters than an audience can keep track of, the audience will get confused and lose interest in the story.

Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.

And I like a mouse who has taken a cat for its tutor.