Christina Boyd > Quotes

“Kiss me, Rose” was all I could manage, and my beautiful girl—well, they say a gentleman does not kiss and tell....”
― Christina Boyd, Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen's Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues

“There are a million ways a man can become a Mr. Darcy.” “True.” “But it takes an Elizabeth Bennet to see them.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“would rather be an honest spinster than a deceitful wife.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“ELINOR DASHWOOD After losing her father, home, and the gentleman she loves, Miss Dashwood’s altruism is nothing short of heroic.”
― Christina Boyd, Rational Creatures

“In one section of the Vindication, Wollstonecraft writes that she’s disgusted with how her culture keeps women down. She sees females being most valued by power-hungry men, who encourage them to serve as weak, ignorant, pretty playthings. It’s a perpetuating cycle, because men, Wollstonecraft writes, “have increased that inferiority till women are almost sunk below the standard of rational creatures.” She concludes, “I think the female world oppressed.” We might say that, across this volume’s dazzling stories—and alongside the beyond-compare Austen herself—it’s a belief that must seem eminently rational. Fortunately, then, as now, such a cultural diagnosis precludes neither hope nor joy.”
― Christina Boyd, Rational Creatures

“it was a Jane-gown. It would have made her look like an angel, but it made me look like the angel’s sickly cousin.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Like the swans on our lake, we are mates forevermore.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“My heart quickened as she brushed one chestnut tendril aside then rested her gloved hand only a heartbeat from my own.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“You might find Fitzwilliam Darcy in disguise, including his imperfections, as numerous other literary paragons and film icons such as Gilbert Blythe, John Thornton, Gabriel Emerson, Edward Cullen, Lloyd Dobler, Jake Ryan, Richard Blaine, Mr. Big”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“You don’t think that literature can be a reflection of real life?” “Sure it can. But, like I said, Mr. Darcy isn’t a reflection of real life. I think he’s been put on a pedestal. It’s irrational.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“If the women’s movement are to win, which I believe they shall in the long run, then they must carry the generality of persons with them. Not just the extremists. Ordinary men and women of average values must be persuaded.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Alas, the spring of my life—my adolescence, my time for learning—unfolded with more nescience than prescience.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Am I too early?” she whispered, placing her hands in mine. “You are quite late for my impatience.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“Although he is flawed, he is willing to change for the love of a worthy woman. And we adore him for it.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“It might be supposed that a woman who finds herself without a farthing at the age of two-and-thirty must be ignorant about money matters. On the contrary.”
― Christina Boyd, Rational Creatures

“Falling in love, she supposed, was not unlike sketching a nose.”
― Christina Boyd, Rational Creatures

“The tiniest bead of sweat had formed at her hairline and the swell of her bust rose and fell rapidly, teasingly. A glimpse of a white bra strap was visible where her dress had moved in the dance and her thick hair was in some disarray. For an unguarded moment, I imagined it even more so. It felt wicked to look at her in this way, but I did. I could not tear my eyes away.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“A woman worthy of being pleased.” With those words, I was won over. Mr. Darcy could stay.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Lowering his voice, inching closer, he asked if I would like to be kissed. I asked if he was mad.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“A man can make a happy woman unhappy, but he cannot make an unhappy woman happy.”
― Christina Boyd, Rational Creatures

“Be honest, Elizabeth. You are not angry; you are afraid.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“I do not believe anyone can bring another happiness. That we must find on our own.”
― Christina Boyd, Rational Creatures

“I am not averse to taking good advice, Miss Bennet. I only wish you could say the same.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Closing her eyes as she swallowed her last bite, she licked her lips and exhaled her satisfaction. Darcy licked his lips, too, thinking he had never been so turned on by French toast.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“Even now as she smugly arched her brow at me, her neck curving up to my inspection as she anticipated my reply—God in Heaven, but she was temptation personified!”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“Promise you will find someone to love?” “I already did,” he said flatly before turning and walking away from me.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Sir, this gown, which my mother insisted upon, has cost my papa a great deal of money. I fear it would be unfilial of me to keep covering it up.” “Then, the sooner I am allowed to bear the cost of clothing you, the better.” “Why? Shall you be buying me many shawls under which to hide myself?”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“Yet in every story Lizzy is possessed of a keen intellect and an irrepressible spirit, and she is loved by Darcy for those very same qualities Lady Catherine scorned.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Well it’s almost midnight, and I aim to get a kiss from someone tonight. Don’t feel too badly if I’d rather it wasn’t you,” Charlie said with a laugh before getting up to join the ladies at the other end of the table.”
― Christina Boyd, The Darcy Monologues

“I do not recommend seeking a husband at all…too dangerous a pursuit.” At my puzzled expression, he grinned. “My advice, Lizzy, is to seek a single man.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl