Quotes from book

Pride and Prejudice

“Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can.”

“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.”

“It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us.”

“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents.”

“You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"… when you are completely, and perfectly, and incandescently happy.”

“A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then.
It is something to think of”

“My affections and wishes are unchanged; but one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever.”

“He is a gentleman, and I am a gentleman's daughter. So far we are equal.”

“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.”

“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”

“One word from you shall silence me forever.”

“Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.”

“It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?”

“We do not suffer by accident.”

“A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.”

“Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.”

“my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be…”

“Why do you like Miss Austen so very much? I am puzzled on that point … I read that sentence of yours, and then I got the book. And what did I find? An accurate daguerreotyped portrait of a commonplace (everyday) face; carefully fenced, highly cultivated garden, with neat borders and delicate flowers; but no glance of bright vivid physiognomy, no open country, no fresh air, no blue hill, no bonny beck. I should hardly like to live with her ladies and gentlemen, in their elegant but confined houses.”

“The pride of any mother is to give birth to a responsible and successful child.”