Cassandra Austen Quotes in Becoming Jane (2007)

Cassandra Austen: [regarding 'First Impressions', which will later become 'Pride and Prejudice'] How does the story begin?

Jane Austen: Badly.

Cassandra Austen: And then?

Jane Austen: It gets worse.

Cassandra Austen: You'll lose everything. Family, place. For what? A lifetime of drudgery on a pittance? A child every year and no means to lighten the load? How will you write, Jane?

Jane Austen: I do not know, but happiness is within my grasp and I cannot help myself.

Cassandra Austen: There is no sense in this.

Jane Austen: If you could have your Robert back, even like this, would you do it?

Jane Austen: It's something I began in London. It is the tale of a young woman. Two young women. Better than their circumstances.

Cassandra Austen: So many are.

Jane Austen: And two young gentlemen who receive much better than their deserts as so very many do.