on Jane Friedman site:
There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.
—Jane Austen, Mansfield Park
In Austen’s novel, Mrs. Grant is explaining to her new, unmarried friend Mary Crawford the positive growth that can happen after a marriage, even to a relative stranger. I like to adapt Austen’s words to the creative life because Mrs. Grant’s message transfers well.
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