Mark Brownlow > Quotes

“Books are the one luxury I deem a necessity. If my purchases lead us into poverty, then at least we will be well-read paupers.”
― Mark Brownlow, Cake and Courtship

“Gemstones glittered as Mrs Darcy twisted outstretched fingers. An oval setting encased a large cut diamond flanked by trefoils, each holding a ruby and two emeralds. Traces of black enamel encircled the gold of the ring itself. It held the attention of the table, like an opera singer at the climax of an aria.

“How fortunate you are, Mrs Darcy,” said Miss de Bourgh. “A lady may be sure of a gentleman’s love when he presents her with such a treasure.”
― Mark Brownlow, The Darcy Ring: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel

“Doubt my sanity, my understanding, my intelligence, all, but do not doubt my love.”
― Mark Brownlow, A Third Proposal: A Short Story

“do not know what to think. I have a father who condemns marriage as the equivalent of an excess of drink and believes my affections to be as fickle as the weather. And a gentleman who claims to love me, but who is so easily swayed by a disapproving opinion of my constancy that he allows himself to consider diverting from a path he has sworn would be his heart’s greatest desire”
― Mark Brownlow, A Third Proposal: A Short Story

“What are women for, if not to remind men of their fallibility and turn them to our purposes?”
― Mark Brownlow, The Darcy Ring: A Pride and Prejudice Sequel

“No, wedded bliss demands a different kind of love. One that brooks no dispute. One that will not turn at a whim. A love that is a self-evident truth you cannot ignore whatever your head—and others—might tell you. In such cases, a marriage may succeed. It must succeed. True love begets happiness. And such a love I know to exist between the two of you.”
― Mark Brownlow, A Third Proposal: A Short Story

“My dears,” I said, “it matters not which gown Lizzy wears. If she wore nothing but her night shift to the wedding, Mr Darcy would find her bewitching, and all the ladies of Meryton would still squawk with envy. The latter outcome being, of course, the essential purpose of the occasion, no?”
― Mark Brownlow, A Third Proposal: A Short Story