Harriet Knowles > Quotes

“from his thoughts. As the group entered”
― Harriet Knowles, Her Very Own Mr. Darcy: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“But what of his constancy? My sister would be greatly affected if she was trapped in a marriage of deeply unequal affections.”
― Harriet Knowles, Properly Humbled: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“The wedding breakfast was on as fine a scale as she could wish, and in a quiet moment, Elizabeth drew to one side to thank the housekeeper. “Thank you for your hard work today, Mrs. Wilson. It must have been difficult to organise.”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“But, as I told you, ladies are not stupid. I’m not stupid.”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Perhaps she ought not to be resentful that she’d been expected to fall in with the wishes of others.”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“He’d promised to take his father for burial at Pemberley. He would be away at least a week, and he couldn’t, in all conscience, leave Elizabeth soon after their marriage. Neither could he take her with him on such a sombre duty.”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Even five miles would be much too far. And”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“By having an uncle ‘who lives near Cheapside’, we benefit greatly in discovering who our true friends are.” It was effective. She felt both gentlemen wince.”
― Harriet Knowles, Properly Humbled: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“They are people, William. People with their own wishes and dreams and hopes. They are not family for you to control — or paid servants. Why should they subsume their own wishes for yours?”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“but Darcy had prevailed upon him to remain with Henry, reminding him that he could not ride inside with Georgiana on the outward journey, and that she was anxious about meeting the aunt.”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Then you might offer to assist him in buying out his commission.”
― Harriet Knowles, As a Moth to the Flame: A Pride and Prejudice Variation