Pride And Prejudice Adaptation Quotes

“He can’t ground her if he’s already killed her,” I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. “Well, he can, but it wouldn’t have the same impact.”
― Claire LaZebnik, Epic Fail

“Elizabeth laughed and pushed her father's shoulder. "Go, Papa, and be kind to him. I love him so. And it would be to your advantage to be on his good side."
Mr. Bennet raised his eyebrows. "Oh, and why is that?"
Because I have seen both his libraries in London and at Pemberley, Papa."
Interested and amused, Mr. Bennet said, "Ahh, and are they very grand, Lizzy?"
A more exquisite sight you will not see," she assured him.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Bluebells in the Mourning

“The fact that it took me eleven years to become an overnight success should also reassure him. It’s not my fault success has brought my unseemly arrogance and braggadocio to the surface: I was always thus tainted, but when you’re poor and unsuccessful it’s just vulgar ostentation to flaunt such character flaws: success wears very badly on me: I’m a sore winner. But those who have known and loved me through the Dismal Swamps of all the lies that are my life will testify that it is not merely the acquisition of pocket money that has made me an elitist. The seeds were always present. Only becoming a Writer of Stature has made them flower.”
― Harlan Ellison

“Now, my sister has been called a lot of things:sweet, kind, a living Disney princess, but none of those things imply that she would ever date someone just for his money.”
― Bernie Su, The Secret Diary of Lizzie Bennet

“For whatever it is worth, I never believed Wickham's stories of maltreatment at your hands. Other than being a rather boring, disagreeable fellow, I did not think you so dishonorable that you would go against your father's wishes.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Bluebells in the Mourning

“His reason for coming strengthened his resolve, and without further delay, his words spilled out. "Mr. Bennet, I request a private audience with Miss Bennet."
The room was thick with silence. Elizabeth blinked several times, trying to convince herself she had heard him correctly. The heaviness that had settled over her heart lifted, and her mouth turned up into a small smile. Before her father could respond to Mr. Darcy's request, they heard her mother blurt, "Good Lord! It is about time!”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Bluebells in the Mourning

“I am the fierce one who threatens death to scoundrels, Darcy." Fitzwilliam scolded. "You are the one who keeps a cool head and prevents it. That is the order of things.”
― Diana J. Oaks, One Thread Pulled: The Dance with Mr. Darcy

“You must forgive my cousin, Mr. Carroll; his manners are deplorable."
Colonel Fitzwilliam feigned offence and turned to the butler while addressing his cousin's barb. "Mr. Carroll and I have an understanding, don't we, man? He knows I prefer to walk in unannounced.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Falling for Mr. Darcy

“The colonel laughed, effectively halting Bingley's speech. "Uncharacteristically reclusive? Do we speak if the same man? Darcy's very character is defined by his reclusiveness! He prefers to keep his own counsel, especially when he ought to do the opposite - the bacon-brained buffoon.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Haunting Mr. Darcy: A Spirited Courtship

“She crossed her arms across her chest, and for a moment, Richard thought she looked a lot like her brother, only more like an adorable, angry kitten.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Bluebells in the Mourning

“In the end, he relented as her look of determination reminded him a bit of an angry cat trying to be a tiger.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Falling for Mr. Darcy

“Thank you Mr. Carroll. You will have to excuse my cousin; he seems to have lost his mind along with his manners.”
― KaraLynne Mackrory, Haunting Mr. Darcy: A Spirited Courtship

“Brendan looked at Jane, Jane looked at Brendan, Elizabeth looked at Darcy, and Darcy stared at the opposite wall, straight at the grease-splattered calendar showing an outdated month.”
― C.K. Chau, Good Fortune

“I should mortify a dozen Sir Johns if it might aid my investigation." - Elizabeth Bennet”
― Debbie Cowens, Murder & Matchmaking

“He had been the recipient, he now gratefully acknowledged, of a rare and precious gift. In demanding the hand of a woman he neither understood nor was capable of knowing, he had instead received from her the chance to see himself and the opportunity to become a better man. And he had changed. He knew he had. He knew that he was not that man stalking angrily back to his chambers in Rosings Hall. What had happened to him in those intervening months? He was not sure; he could offer no complete explanation, but the man who had opened Rosings's doors, already prepared to write an angry letter, was a stranger, a man who had been walking through his entire life asleep. But now, he had awoken.”
― Pamela Aidan, These Three Remain

“In their own brief conversations, he had the distinct impression that she was toying with him, verbally challenging him to a duel that she was certain to win, for she established the rules and kept them a secret from him. As perplexing as this was, he found her game engaging, and he inexplicably wanted more of it.”
― Diana J. Oaks, One Thread Pulled: The Dance with Mr. Darcy

“I should have known you were no better than the rest of them. You are only a man, you do not have the ability to control yourself, but she," Lady Catherine nodded sagely, "she knew exactly what she was doing. Fluffing her feathers and shaking her tail for you! It was disgraceful!”
― Elizabeth Adams, The Houseguest: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary

“The key, I suppose, to understanding the heart of a Bennet appears to be that one must catch them when they are out of their wits." Bingley said with a laugh.”
― Diana J. Oaks, One Thread Pulled: The Dance with Mr. Darcy

“What was she to think? Oh, teasing, teasing man! It would be so much easier if he could simply tell her what he meant by all his confusing actions. And so she had another shock: Jane Bennet was irritated with Mr. Bingley.”
― Elizabeth Adams, Unwilling: A Pride and Prejudice Vagary

“Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!" Lydia bounced up and down and pointed. "It's Layla Falls! She's here!"
"Who?" Jane asked, looking around. "Who fell?"
"No,Layla Falls, the movie star," Lydia explained, pointing Jane in the right direction. "She just released a new movie. She's so famous.”
― Krista Lakes, Mr. Darcy's Kiss

“She looked up at me with more animation.

"Oh yes, indeed there is. I like playing with my kittens. I have three of them, Spot, Patch and Stripe. Spot has a black spot, but otherwise he is entirely white. Patch has a white patch on his back, and Stripe - "
"Allow me to guess. He has a stripe?"
"Why, have you seen him?"
"No.”
― Amanda Grange, Mr. Darcy's Diary

“Mary had found Miss Darcy – or Georgiana, as she insisted upon being called – to be what the perfect younger sister should be. Interesting but quiet. Happy but not boisterous. Eager to be part of a party but without the compulsion to be the center of attention.”
― Leenie Brown, Sketches and Secrets of Summer: A Pride and Prejudice Novel

“She knew that, in her family, Lydia was always the first to gallop off to do something, and rarely, if ever, did any of her sisters run along with her. Even Kitty would follow in a more ladylike fashion. It was just how Lydia was. Exuberance poured from her in streams or, more precisely, like loud, babbling brooks that hopped here and there.”
― Leenie Brown, Sketches and Secrets of Summer: A Pride and Prejudice Novel

“If she caused him pain, she was sorry for it as she would be for any man whose proposal she was obliged to refuse. But even at a moment when most men would have shown tenderness and vulnerability, he had still been as proud, arrogant and conceited as ever. He still showed a selfish disdain for the feelings of other people.”
― Isabelle Mayfair, A Compromise At Rosings Park: A Pride And Prejudice Variation

“Aunt,” said Elizabeth, as Mrs. Gardiner buttoned up her gown. “May I ask you a question that may seem impertinent and shocking?”
“Of course you may. Those are my favourite kinds of questions,” said her aunt, smiling at her through the reflection in the mirror.”
― Isabelle Mayfair, An Encounter at Pemberley: A Pride And Prejudice Variation

“Thank you Mr. Bingley,” said Elizabeth, wondering not for the first time how he could be so very different to his sister. It was as if there had only been so much goodness in his family to go around, and he had laid claim to all of it.”
― Isabelle Mayfair, An Encounter at Pemberley: A Pride And Prejudice Variation

“His dress was fashionable but had a certain rumpled appearance of one who is distracted rather than careless.”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

“… but who can account for affairs of the heart that bring young people together?”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

“They might be the perfect combination of opposites, one affable and the other aloof…”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

“Is this a conspiracy to find me a wife? Are engagements infectious? When one has been announced, it needs must be followed by another?”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels