Sarah Courtney > Quotes

“Where Miss Elizabeth had managed to find an orange winter cloak, Darcy could not imagine.”
― Sarah Courtney, A Disguise of the Worst Sort

“Raising an eyebrow, Elizabeth said, “No soulmarks in several generations? You have forgotten mine, Mr. Collins.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“Colonel Fitzwilliam was a good man. More likeable than Mr. Darcy, but then, almost all people were.”
― Sarah Courtney, Plots, Ploys, and the Art of Matchmaking

“Where was the bumbling fool who had annoyed all of Longbourn with his prattle about olive branches and Lady Catherine de Bourgh?”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“He did not usually mind being ignored. In fact, it was his preferred state,”
― Sarah Courtney, Plots, Ploys, and the Art of Matchmaking

“Well, you see, we were accidentally locked in the library . . .” “Who hasn’t been?” Elizabeth asked darkly.”
― Sarah Courtney, Plots, Ploys, and the Art of Matchmaking

“but this Mr. Collins was no true man of God.”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“Mr. Collins!” Mary said, sounding scandalised. “You cannot have it both ways! If you are a close enough relation to see her bare back without being married to her, then you are too close a relation to marry her.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“He was far cleverer and crueler than they had all thought, but Elizabeth did not think that improved him a jot.”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“greenhouse”
― Sarah Courtney, A Disguise of the Worst Sort

“Now that is what a soul bonding looks like!” Lady Cecily said.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“She still did not know how soulmarks worked, but she did know that theirs had been exactly right. They had always been meant for each other.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“She promised to marry him,” Mrs. Hurst said quickly. “After she was widowed.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“His grin turned crooked. “Furthermore, I do not truly care a jot what Lady Catherine thinks. She can go hang.”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“Mr. Darcy’s window tax”
― Sarah Courtney, A Disguise of the Worst Sort

“I wager that did not happen with Miss Bingley!” Miss Lydia crowed.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“Mr. Collins was a fiend. An evil man masquerading as a bumbling fool. And she could tell nobody.”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“Perhaps she was also in competition with her sister to see how much they could stifle their children.”
― Sarah Courtney, Vexed a Little in Love

“aconite”
― Sarah Courtney, Vexed a Little in Love

“Lady Catherine had not been willing to come to Rosings Park for Christmas with the Matlocks.”
― Sarah Courtney, A Disguise of the Worst Sort

“The death of this child would of course be a blessing, should it happen to occur.” Mary gaped at him. “What?”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“Oh, now you are resorting to extortion to satisfy your curiosity, are you? Have you not heard that ‘curiosity killed the cat’? Very apropos, do you not think?”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“Why do they do anything? They have too much time on their hands for their own good.” Elizabeth sometimes thought her father went through all of life in search of something diverting.”
― Sarah Courtney, Plots, Ploys, and the Art of Matchmaking

“He eyed her as if she were some sort of delectable morsel tempting him from a plate.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“She looked back to see Lydia pushing Miss Bingley out of the way. Thank goodness that her youngest sister was also the tallest and broadest! “Let my sister through!” Lydia commanded. “Her soulmark matches Mr. Darcy’s too!”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“Bilbo-catcher”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“It was a sweet william flower. His soulmark matches mine, Jane!”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story

“A vicar cannot be removed at the whim of his patroness.”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“It was shocking to think of Mr. Collins being a murderer. Such things did not happen in country houses in these modern times, did they?”
― Sarah Courtney, The Olive Branch

“Why would all of the young ladies in Meryton suddenly think Mr. Bingley wished to be kept from Jane? Miss Bingley had to be at the root of it somehow.”
― Sarah Courtney, Mark of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Soulmark Story