Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen Quotes

#1. I read "Pride and Prejudice" [by Jane Austen]. I was gobsmacked by it - it's so funny and so modern. Unbelievable. You don't expect funny to come through after 200 years - humor doesn't transcend decades, let alone centuries.

Julie Walters

#2. Hello, Mary.'
It was like hearing a note of divine calm after a dissonant passage of music. My confusion died away.

Jennifer Paynter

#3. I have come to realise that your are the most important person in the world to me, and I wanted to know if you would consider ... if you would do me the honour of becoming my wife

C. Allyn Pierson

#4. I had never in all my life felt so elated. Peter cared for me! It was a miracle I longed to celebrate - to tell all Hertfordshire - and I had to hold my hand to my mouth against an involuntary smile.

Jennifer Paynter

#5. Some people call him proud but I am sure I never saw anything of it. To my fancy, it is only because he does not rattle away like other young men.

Jane Austen

#6. But really, and upon my honour, I will try to do what I think to be wisest; and now, I hope you are satisfied.

Jane Austen

#7. Peter was now standing very close - as if he wanted to comfort me - as if he knew how hurt I felt that Mrs Knowles had not asked me to play or to sing. And I did feel comforted. It was as if a tide of warmth was carrying me out of myself, inclining me to trust him and to conduct myself well.

Jennifer Paynter

#8. You may well warn me against such an evil. Human nature is so prone to fall into it!

Jane Austen

#9. I felt my mouth go dry, my throat constrict. What possible interpretation could Peter place on those words, other than that they were about him? - that the entire song was about him?

Jennifer Paynter

#10. But look behind you, Mary.' She nodded towards the dais. 'One of the musicians seems to be trying to attract your attention.'
It was Peter. He was standing on the dais smiling across at me. My delight at seeing him was such that I could not disguise it - did not try to disguise it.

Jennifer Paynter

#11. A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.

Jane Austen

#12. I have the highest respect for your nerves, they are my old friends.

Jane Austen

#13. I should indefinitely prefer a book.

Jane Austen

#14. At that moment a solitary violin struck up. But the music was not dance music; it was more like a song - a solemn, sweet song. (I know now that it was Beethoven's Romance in F.) I listened, and suddenly it was as if the fog that surrounded me had been penetrated, as if I were being spoken to.

Jennifer Paynter

#15. Upon my word, you five your opinion very decidedly for so young a person.

Jane Austen

#16. I dearly love a laugh.

Jane Austen