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September 10, 2007 · 8:00 am

Wherever you are…

“Wherever you are you should always be contented, but especially at
home, because there you must spend the most of your time.”

Mrs. Morland
Northanger Abbey, volume 2, chapter 15

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September 7, 2007 · 8:00 am

A time for everything

“My dear Catherine, I am afraid you are growing quite a fine lady. . . . Your head runs too much upon Bath; but there is a time for
everything — a time for balls and plays, and a time for work. You have had a long run of amusement, and now you must try to be useful.”

More sensible advice from Catherine’s mother
Northanger Abbey, volume 2, chapter 15

Today I am going to try to be useful. 😉

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September 6, 2007 · 11:01 am

Fretting over trifles

“You should never fret about trifles.”

Northanger Abbey, volume 2, chapter 15
Advice from Catherine’s sensible mother, after she returns home from Northanger Abbey and “could neither sit still nor employ herself for ten minutes together.”

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