I cannot have you standing about in this stupid manner

Last year I read a book called “The Jane Austen Guide to Dating” which basically equaled relationships in Jane Austen books to modern relationships. Being a Janite myself, I could see how the author was able to draw these conclusions, but the more I thought about it the more I began to notice types of Austen characters existing in a modern times well as in fiction post-Austen time. In my opinion, there is a little of an Austen character in us all. I think that most women would like to think of themselves as an Elizabeth Bennett (Pride and Prejudice) or Elinor Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) but fear they could Mary Bennett (P and P) or Fanny Price (Mansfield Park) or possibly relish the fact that they are a Mary Crawford (Mansfield Park) or Caroline Bingley (P and P). I personally think that I am a cross between Catherine Morland (Northanger Abbey) and Anne Elliot (Persuasion). I think that I share Catherine’s playful and imaginative nature but posses some of Anne’s practicality (hopefully). Plus, Catherine and Anne have the best counterparts in Henry Tilney and Captain Wentworth. There is such a range to Austen’s characters that it makes it easy to see similarities in people and Austen characters. Okay, I think that my love of Jane Austen has become very apparent in this post, but I can’t help it. I will always have a soft spot for English fiction from the turn of the nineteenth century. That was the best time for really good novels, I mean you had Austen, the Brontes, Dickens, Wilke Collins, Trollope, etc.; it just doesn’t get better than that. This was the height of the writer training the reader to examine and analyze the traits of their fellow people and to assess the worth of the person based on their “interior”. This is why Mr. Darcy is a good guy and Mr. Wickham is a jerk.

" You know, the black around your eyes looks just like a mask. I'm gonna call you "Masky." No, wait, wait, I can beat that: 'Bandit.' "-Bobby Hill

Bonus Quote:
HANK: Bobby, you name a pet, you name a guitar -- you do not name a filthy animal. And you do not feed it our garbage. No wonder it was rooting around in the garage. It was looking for more of your handouts.
BOBBY: It's not a handout when you feed Ladybird, is it?
HANK: Ladybird is a member of this family. You've seen our Christmas cards.

Another Bonus Quote :
"No problems, Hank. I have played out this scenario a thousand times in my mind. In most of them, I have won." -Dale Gribble