Pride And Prejudice Variation Quotes

“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

“He might, at last, be allowed to speak to Mary unguarded and learn a little more about her. He did not know why she had lodged herself so firmly in his mind but that she was so unlike the young ladies he usually met. So unlike her sisters! This was perhaps a part of it. He had sensed something in Mary that he knew all too well in himself: the pain of being overlooked by one’s immediate family. It was plain that Mary’s father preferred clever, outgoing Elizabeth and Kitty was her mother’s favourite. Mary was...Mary.
She is an enigma, Richard thought, letting the noise of his cousins’ conversation drop to a low lull at the back of his mind. And I am intrigued by her.”
― Meg Osborne, Christmas in Kent: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“I think you thought you had a cranky Mr. Darcy-type on your hands that you could turn around, when really you just had a normal jerk.”
― Ada Bright, The Particular Charm of Miss Jane Austen

“And so you see, sir, your daughter's future would be well-secured." Darcy finished his enumerations of his significant holdings and sat back, at once satisfied and awkward. Was this not the part of the proceedings where the minor country squire jumped for joy?
Where was all the jumping?
"Yes," said Mr. Bennet. "You have been most... thorough in your recitation. I have no fear for the state of her clothes or carriages.”
― Gwendolyn Dash, In Darcy's Hands: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Then Darcy could think of absolutely nothing more to say. Mrs. Reynolds had withdrawn, having clearly ascertained that the master of the house needed nothing more from her.
She was mistaken, of course. But the age in which he could run and hide his face in her skirts had ended more than twenty years ago.”
― Gwendolyn Dash, In Darcy's Hands: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Indeed, Miss Bennet. Or you would be less inclined to leave your handkerchiefs behind you." He stooped, then, to retrieve something, and Mary was astonished to find that yes, again, she had let slip a cotton square. Mortified, she reached for it, but his hand was quicker, and he held it up for her. "Do you have a certain disdain for these cloths, Miss Bennet, or is it some code?" he straightened, peering over his shoulder. "Perhaps a cry for help?”
― Meg Osborne, A Trip to Pemberley

“Since spring, I have reason to believe that the stories Mr. Wickham told us of his misfortunes at the hands of Mr. Darcy were exaggerated, if not outright falsehoods.” Bennet felt his brow rising of its own accord, and Elizabeth could not meet his gaze. There was a story of which he was not aware, but as his youngest may, at that moment, be throwing herself into the power of a scoundrel, Bennet knew it was not the time to pursue it.”
― Jann Rowland, Mr. Bennet Takes Charge

“There have been misunderstandings between us aplenty, Miss Bennet, and I would prefer to speak plainly to ensure I am understood. Your reproofs at Hunsford were correct, and I have attempted to amend my behavior in the time since. Nothing has changed with respect to my feelings for you, but this time I would prefer to allow my actions to speak to my attentions, with an eye toward showing you the true measure of my character. That is, if you will allow it.”
― Jann Rowland, Mr. Bennet Takes Charge

“Bennet was delighted—he had not thought he would receive such amusement when traveling in such circumstances, but his daughter and her unacknowledged suitor were proving him incorrect! But Mr. Darcy said nothing further, requiring Bennet to prod him a little more.”
― Jann Rowland, Mr. Bennet Takes Charge

“I come from a meeting with Mr Collins. What a tiresome man he is! I much prefer his wife, for she has a bit of spirit to her, although she is well-mannered enough not to outshine him.” She sighed.”
― Meg Osborne, Mr Darcy's Summer Surprise

“I oughtn’t to have eaten so much,” Richard groaned, laying a hand on his slim midsection. “Not when I am not marching to burn it off.” “You might march, if you wish,” Darcy remarked, from his seat in the corner. “Rise with the rooster and plot a route around the grounds. I shall give Georgiana leave to heckle you, if you are missing regimental life so sorely.” Richard grinned. “Thank you, no. I have been on the receiving end of Georgiana’s heckling before and she is a crueller drill-sergeant than any who wears colours. No, I shall embark on some easier exercise, I think. Perhaps a ride.”
― Meg Osborne, Mr Darcy's Summer Surprise

“Richard glanced over his shoulder once more, noting the careful degree of distance between the pair, and let out a sigh he could not quite stifle. Darcy and Elizabeth may be in love, he thought as he and Anne reached the table and found their seats. But I am not entirely sure they know it!”
― Meg Osborne, Mr Darcy's Summer Surprise

“I will tell you the story of my life. The story of nameless events that I intentionally never wished to name. We give names to the things that we don’t want to forget, but I have no fear of forgetting. Events that are so dramatic that they affect the lives of us all are never forgotten. They are always remembered with the same intensity, whether they destroy your heart or make it glorious…”
― Dushica Labovich, Pride and Intentions

“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

“Well, Mary!” Her eyes danced with merriment. “I do believe this might be a very exciting Christmas after all! I never did imagine we should meet anybody worth knowing in Kent, but look, our very first evening and we have met Gentlemen!” She capitalized the word as if to give it an even greater degree of importance and Mary frowned, wishing her sister cared for something beyond the meeting of and flirting with gentlemen.”
― Meg Osborne, Christmas in Kent: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“He smiled, and Mary was surprised to see how comfortably the expression rested on his face in contrast to his cousin, who always seemed mildly pained when pressed to wear anything other than a scowl.”
― Meg Osborne, Christmas in Kent: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“It was easily one of the best sermons she had heard and delivered with a confidence she had not thought her cousin capable of possessing. She turned to Charlotte, saw her friend’s eyes bright with pride and affection and realized, for the first time, that perhaps Charlotte’s marriage to Mr Collins was not merely an agreement of convenience.”
― Meg Osborne, Christmas in Kent: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Actually it is annoying to see a grown up exhibiting pettiness in a way that shows they are proud of it. Worse if they are senior government officials.”
― DON SANTO

“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

“… I had no ambition to be a matchmaker and it would be impolitic of you to think so.”
― 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

“You are the conscience of my soul and my heart’s delight. I am yours body and soul and it could never be otherwise.”
― Catherine Hemingway, The Matchmaker of Pemberley: An Amorous Sequel to All Jane Austen's Novels

“Who can explain the laws of attraction that beset a person for whom one source of love and comfort is lost, and yet another arrives to replace it?”
― 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

“I condemn you to a lifetime of unclear pronunciation!”
― Sayantani DasGupta, Debating Darcy