“A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world”

—  Jane Austen , book Northanger Abbey

Northanger Abbey (1817)
Works, Northanger Abbey

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world" by Jane Austen?
Jane Austen photo
Jane Austen 477
English novelist 1775–1817

Related quotes

Charles Perrault photo

“She then gave her a pair of slippers made of glass, the prettiest in the world.”

Charles Perrault (1628–1703) French author

Tales of Mother Goose, 1727, "Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper"

Stephen Chbosky photo

“To tell you the truth I love Sam. It's not a movie kind of love either. I just look at her sometimes and I think she is the prettiest and nicest person in the whole world.”

Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Julius Streicher photo

“It is a trial within a nation but a trial of victors against the vanquished. Even before the trials started, the victors who are our judges were quite convinced that we were guilty and that we should all pay the price.”

Julius Streicher (1885–1946) German politician

To Leon Goldensohn, June 15, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004

Bob Marley photo

“she may not be the most popular or prettiest but if you love her and she makes you smile.. what else matters?”

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Jack Kerouac photo

“So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.”

Jack Kerouac book On the Road

Part One, Ch. 3
On the Road (1957)

“The sound of shutters going up around her mind, armored against anything short of a nuke, was very nearly audible in the room.”

John Brunner book The Jagged Orbit

Source: The Jagged Orbit (1969), Chapter 47, “Plea of Insanity” (p. 146)

Mario Vargas Llosa photo

“I convinced her that her first loyalty isn't to other people, but to her own feelings.”

Mario Vargas Llosa book The Bad Girl

Source: Travesuras de la niña mala

Edsger W. Dijkstra photo

“How do we convince people that in programming simplicity and clarity —in short: what mathematicians call "elegance"”

Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930–2002) Dutch computer scientist

are not a dispensable luxury, but a crucial matter that decides between success and failure?
1980s
Source: EWD648.

Reinaldo Arenas photo

“I’ve always been very interested in the short story. Compared to the often exhausting world of the novel, the short story offers a quicker reward, and there’s something appealing about its greater spontaneity…”

Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990) Cuban poet/novelist/playwright

Source: On his preference for short stories over novels in “The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview with Reinaldo Arenas” https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/the-literature-of-uprootedness-an-interview-with-reinaldo-arenas in The New Yorker (2013 Dec 5)

Related topics