Jann Rowland > Quotes

“True to form, the man had added two and two and come up with some absurd number such as seven and thirty.”
― Jann Rowland, Whispers of the Heart

“Watching Mr. Darcy play the love-struck suitor was about the most entertaining thing Bennet had ever seen.”
― Jann Rowland, Coincidence

“In Darcy, Elizabeth would have a husband who would adore her, but who was stubborn enough to refuse to give in to her. Elizabeth would have a husband she respected and loved, if she could ever bend her stiff neck enough to confess to it. Bennet could not have wished for anything more for his daughter.”
― Jann Rowland, Coincidence

“This proved too much for the still-incensed Mr. Collins, who drew back his fist and buried it in Wickham’s gut.”
― Jann Rowland, Vicious Propensities

“I shall see you in the deepest darkest prison I can find, cur,” rasped Bennet, unable to keep the rage from his voice. “You will rue the day you presumed to lay hands on my daughter.” Mr. Wickham, jackanapes that he was, offered a contemptuous laugh. “I think not, Mr. Bennet,” sneered he. “If you do not wish for everyone in the county to know of my tryst with your daughter, you will set me free and pay me for my silence.”
― Jann Rowland, Vicious Propensities

“this is what happens when you pay undue attention to those unworthy.” ​“Such as the daughter of a tradesman?” ​If Miss Bingley’s look was poisonous before, it was positively malevolent now.”
― Jann Rowland, Mr. Darcy's Return

“Please recall that Longbourn is my home, and I shall keep my own counsel about who may enter or how long they may stay.”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“perspicacity.”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“​“I understand and obey, oh great Darcy,” mocked Wickham. “There, is that sufficient?” ​“Go, cur,” said Darcy. “I have no need of your derision.”
― Jann Rowland, No Indignity So Abhorrent

“And you think he will fall for the likes of you?” Miss Bennet’s tone was positively dripping with scorn, and by this time Darcy could see that she was finally annoyed with Miss Bingley’s insinuations.”
― Jann Rowland, Cassandra

“Wickham would be skulking around the town, no doubt already laying the groundwork for his defrauding of the merchants or making free with the daughters of the townsfolk or even the gentlemen.”
― Jann Rowland, Vicious Propensities

“Mr. Mason,” growled Elizabeth. “If you persist in ordering my guests from my home, I shall insist that you leave. I already said that you interrupted my visit with my friend. Do not speak in such a way again.”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“Elizabeth still remembered the day, not long before Mary had married Mr. Hardwick in Longbourn church when they had taken her copy of Fordyce’s sermons outside and burned it with great fanfare.”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“This is nonsensical, Miss Bennet. A woman in your situation does not reject a man in mine. I shall have you as a wife, for a refusal will ruin you. All the neighborhood and beyond will see you as a fallen woman!”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“Thank you, Mrs. Hill. Please stay nearby, for I may need you.”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“Bennet harrumphed, annoyance building within his breast. Was he required to spell it out for them both? Had he thought them poorly suited he might have held his tongue, but Mr. Darcy’s intelligence alone was enough to ensure Elizabeth would have a happy life with him, a matter which had always given Bennet much concern. Most men did not wish for a clever wife. It was clear to him they belonged together, or at least they would suit each other well.”
― Jann Rowland, Mr. Bennet Takes Charge

“Do not blame the morning’s events on Mr. Darcy,” said Miss Elizabeth, regarding him with no little asperity, “for he did nothing to provoke you. Why you continue to accost me I cannot say, but I desire your absence. Your assertions are suspect at best, your manners are distasteful, and your behavior reprehensible.”
― Jann Rowland, Vicious Propensities

“​Mr. Darcy chuckled and shook his head. “I never would have guessed your proclivities.”
― Jann Rowland, No Indignity So Abhorrent

“I ask you again, due to the respect I have for and my friendship with your brother, that you cease to speak to Miss Bennet in such an unkind manner. It is not only unwarranted, but unladylike.”
― Jann Rowland, Cassandra

“Darcy had never been so convinced the man was a rank dullard; the way Miss Elizabeth regarded him as if he were diseased was evidence her opinion did not differ from Darcy’s own.”
― Jann Rowland, Vicious Propensities

“Miss Bennet is mine! I shall allow no one to steal her from me.”
― Jann Rowland, It Taught Me to Hope

“I shall never marry you, not even if you should suddenly ascend to the position of a duke!”
― Jann Rowland, Merry Mischief

“I am satisfied with the extent of our acquaintance, such that you need not importune me further. Please keep your distance, Mr. Wickham, for I am done with you.”
― Jann Rowland, Vicious Propensities

“By the time you were in your cradle,” said Darcy, his voice laced with sarcasm, “I was already riding my first pony.” “You”
― Jann Rowland, Chaos Comes to Kent

“There, I dare say Mr. Darcy will appreciate what he sees when he invades my house looking for you. Of course,” said she, fixing Elizabeth with a grin, “given what I saw of the gentleman at Pemberley, I suspect I could dress you in sackcloth and adorn you with ashes and he would consider you the most beautiful woman of his acquaintance.”
― Jann Rowland, Bingley's Indignation

“And with that, Elizabeth’s world came crashing down. Her father had betrayed her.”
― Jann Rowland, Obsession

“What do you think Mr. Wickham has been doing all those years? Do you think Mr. Wickham can afford to support a wife? Did”
― Jann Rowland, Flight to Gretna Green

“That I pity Lady Catherine,” replied Elizabeth. “Though I do not know the lady at all, it cannot be easy to have such a wandering husband.”
― Jann Rowland, Love and Libertine

“Because, Miss Bennet, what man who sees a beautiful woman and knows he is destined to meet her would not wish to experience a hint of her brilliance in advance?”
― Jann Rowland, No Indignity So Abhorrent

“There have even been whispered tales of an incident where he attempted to coerce a young girl.”
― Jann Rowland, Love and Libertine