"Love and Friendship" Quotes

My good friend Rachael and I went and saw Love and Friendship this evening. What a fun show! Rachael and I laughed heartily throughout the movie, especially during the scene when the inane - yet pleasant - Sir James Martin first arrives at the Churchill country estate. It was a really fun evening. 

One critic said that this film is "the sort of movie that fans will quote to each other to affirm membership in a secret club."  I definitely can see that. Here are two quotes that I found particularly clever:

• “We bring these delightful creatures into the world—eagerly, happily—and then before long they are spying upon and judging us, rarely favourably. Having children is our fondest wish but, in doing so, we breed our acutest critics. It is a preposterous situation—but entirely of our own making.” 
• "Americans really have shown themselves to be a nation of ingrates, only by having children can we begin to understand such dynamic."

The movie is based off of a book by Whit Stillman, but now I'm anxious to read Lady Susan and see how it compares to the film (and Stillman's book).