No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Author: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wis…” “Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.” “Fanny spoke her feelings. "Here's harmony!" said she; "here's repose! Here's wh…” “I think it ought not to be set down as certain, that a man must be acceptable t…”