Carrie Mollenkopf > Quotes

“I… will try, but what if you are wrong?” “I am never wrong, but it is you who must make her see. Let down that sterile exterior for once. Be the man she wants.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“Evidence of his work. Tucking it into his pocket, he collected a few other treasures and sat down to wait. Once it was dark, he would return to the house… his house. *****”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Mrs. Darcy and the Family Secret: An Elizabeth Darcy Adventure

“a retired Army Colonel, Stephen Fitzwilliam.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“A cousin? Indeed, I highly approve of the marriage of cousins. One never really knows what one will get with a stranger. No loyalty to family and that sort of thing. My own daughter is engaged to marry my nephew. Quite right and proper it is. Perhaps, once you are settled, a visit to Hertfordshire is in order.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“they understood the stories and Latin rites,”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“Elizabeth heard the snap of a branch, as a heavy footfall landed somewhere in the distance.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Mrs. Darcy and the Family Secret: An Elizabeth Darcy Adventure

“But your ladyship, a woman always promises to obey her husband. What will the bishop say?” “Not if he is an idiot! I don’t know how Charlotte puts up with you. She should be sainted, tell that to your bishop.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Refusing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“Since the departure of Mr. Bingley, she had become a suspicious woman, for it had been her easy trust that had resulted in betrayal.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“What does that matter when my daughter is a whore? I suppose the gossip has already spread as far as Pemberley, but that saves me the trouble of sending a messenger.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, A Child for Elizabeth: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“But, if that was not enough to please Margaret Bennet,”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“You mustn’t ever come back here. They will send you away… to an institution. Do you know what that means?”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Mrs. Darcy and the Family Secret: An Elizabeth Darcy Adventure

“What sort of woman turned away an estate and a husband with ten thousand a year? A fool, that’s who! So what if she did not love him? Once married, she could take up with the stable boy for affection if desired. But no, Elizabeth Bennet wanted Prince Charming, white horse and glass slipper”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“Without knowledge of their purpose, the watcher was elated with the belief that his efforts had met with success.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Mrs. Darcy and the Family Secret: An Elizabeth Darcy Adventure

“Was it not appropriate for a man to marry his brother’s widow?”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Stealing Mr. Collins: A Pride and Prejudice Possibility

“Poking the ladle for further investigation, the offending item was indeed a rodent, long dead and desiccated. A frayed pink ribbon adorned its neck.”
― Carrie Mollenkopf, Mrs. Darcy and the Family Secret: An Elizabeth Darcy Adventure