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my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

Jane Austen

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Jane Austen
Age: 101 †
Born: 1775
Born: December 16
Died: 1877
Died: July 24
Novelist
Short Story Writer
Writer
Steventon
Hampshire
Intimidate
Intimidating
Rises
Attempt
Courage
Every
Always

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