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“You are very kind in planning presents for me to make, and my mother has shown me exactly the same attention; but as I do not choose to have generosity dictated to me, I shall not resolve on giving my cabinet to Anna till the first thought of it has been my own.”

— Jane Austen

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Letter to Cassandra (1801-01-08) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]

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Austen, Jane. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Jane Austen. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jane_Austen

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