Jane Austen Quotes About Flowers

Quotes about: Flowers

• To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment.

  Jane Austen

  Nature, Flower, Perfect

  Jane Austen (1833). “Mansfield Park”, p.85

• Dear Diary, Today I tried not to think about Mr. Knightly. I tried not to think about him when I discussed the menu with Cook... I tried not to think about him in the garden where I thrice plucked the petals off a daisy to ascertain his feelings for Harriet. I don't think we should keep daisies in the garden, they really are a drab little flower. And I tried not to think about him when I went to bed, but something had to be done.

  Jane Austen

  Flower, Garden, Thinking

  "Fictional character: Emma Woodhouse". "Emma", www.imdb.com. June 7, 1996.

• Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fragrance on the desert air.

  Jane Austen

  Flower, Air, Unseen

  Jane Austen, Bharat Tandon (2012). “Emma: An Annotated Edition”, p.322, Harvard University Press

• I cannot help thinking that it is more natural to have flowers grow out of the head than fruit.

  Jane Austen

  Flower, Thinking, Fruit

  Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (2011). “Jane Austen's Letters”, p.46, Oxford University Press

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