"The last few hours were certainly very painful," replied A… - Jane Austen

"The last few hours were certainly very painful," replied Anne: "but when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure. One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering-"

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Jane Austen (December 16 1775 – July 18 1817) was an English novelist who recorded the domestic manners of the landed gentry. She is known for her classically understated style and sly, ironic humour.

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...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.

One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering.

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