“I consider Anne of Green Gables to be a mentor, Jane Austen to be a writing hero, and the Bard a fellow name freak like myself.”

“I'm in the depths of despair!" (Anne of Green Gables)”

“Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables”

“Jane Austen may not be the best writer, but she certainly writes about the best people. And by that I mean people just like me.”

“It was the marriage that was important; Jane Austen rarely even bothered to write about the wedding.”

“Jane Austen? I feel that I am approaching dangerous ground. The reputation of Jane Austen is surrounded by cohorts of defenders who are ready to do murder for their sacred cause.”

“It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing.”