Top 100 Quotes About Darcy
#1. King Cygnus dozed in his chair, and a dark shadow curled up in the window seat. That dark shadow happened to have a name, which happened to be Darcy; but nobody really notices dark shadows, even named ones. They have a habit of lurking about. People learn to ignore them after a while.
Emma Clifton
#2. All this she must possess, and to all this she must yet add something more substantial, in the improvement of her mind by extensive reading. Mr. Darcy
Jane Austen
#3. I wouldn't have minded a rather more detailed conclusion (to Pride and Prejudice) - say, a twenty-page sex scene featuring the two principals, with Mr. Darcy, furthermore, acquitting himself uncommonly well.
Martin Amis
#4. And this," cried Darcy, as he walked with quick steps across the room, "is your opinion of me! This is the estimation in which you hold me! I thank you for explaining it so fully.
Jane Austen
#5. On a radio drama, I'd like to feel that I had just as much chance of playing Mr. Darcy as anyone else because I can sound like him, yet many radio producers find it very difficult to extend their imaginations to employing anyone who's non-white.
Sanjeev Bhaskar
#6. It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.
Helen Fielding
#7. I am a down-to-earth gentleman who will never, under any circumstances, resemble some sort of romantic hero like Mr Darcy.
Samantha Tonge
#8. Elizabeth Bennet: I'm very fond of walking. Mr. Darcy: Yes... yes I know. (from Pride & Prejudice, the movie)
Jane Austen
#9. Matt is a tortured soul,' Amanda insisted. 'He's Heathcliff and you're Cathy. He's Rochester and you're Jane Eyre. He's-'
'Darcy and I'm Elizabeth. I get it. And you're wrong.
Robin Brande
#10. Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her [Elizabeth].
Jane Austen
#11. And would she herself have married Darcy had he been a penniless curate or a struggling attorney? ... Elizabeth knew that she was not formed for the sad contrivances of poverty.
P.D. James
#12. I've been used to consider poetry as the food of love " Mr.Darcy
Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away." Eliza
Jane Austen
#13. It's stupid, I know. I have this thing, this idea. This bullshit 'Mr. Darcy' idea, about the one that changes his mind. That comes back for me. And I'll look up some night, and he'll be there in front of me. And he'll stare at me and say, It was you. It was always you.
Chloe Neill
#14. And Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed, that were it not for the inferiority of her connections, he should be in some danger.
Jane Austen
#15. What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased. - Darcy
Jane Austen
#16. I should like balls infinitely better," she replied, "if they were carried on in a different manner."
"You should like balls infinitely better," said Darcy, "if you knew the first thing about them.
Seth Grahame-Smith
#17. Mr. Darcy is a construct designed to make woman feel bad about the partners that they're capable of attracting versus the fantasized image he presents.
Caitlin Kittredge
#18. I hardened my heart against all the Bennets. - Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Mary Street
#19. Darcy's got the tempestuous masculinity and brooding looks, but Knightley is a kinder, softer man with no pretense or dissimilation.
Katherine Reay
#20. The opening chapter was the book's unique selling point, the singular idea that had carried Darcy through last November, and Coleman had just come up with it off the top of his head.
Scott Westerfeld
#21. You know who Mr. Darcy is?"
"I exist, therefore I know who Mr. Darcy is.
Cath Crowley
#22. Though Darcy could never receive him at Pemberley, yet, for Elizabeth's sake, he assisted him further in his profession.
Jane Austen
#23. Had Elizabeth Bennet known how wildly Darcy's heart beat for her, 'Pride and Prejudice' would barely have made it into a short story. Their torturously slow-burning romance is a classic example of how men and women still struggle to communicate the most basic of emotions.
Mariella Frostrup
#24. It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.
Jane Austen
#25. Would Mr. Darcy then consider the rashness of your original intention as atoned for by your obstinacy in adhering to it?
Jane Austen
#26. That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.
Hugh Howey
#27. So drop the Mr. Rochester-Mr. Darcy-Heathcliff British stuck-uppity and treat her like the treasure she is
Sylvain Reynard
#28. I like strong/vulnerable interesting women, and then sometimes I like painting beautiful men, like Kurt Cobain, or Mr Darcy.
Stella Vine
#29. The most moving scene for me in 'Pride and Prejudice' is the Pemberley music room scene: Elizabeth has just saved Darcy's sister from embarrassment and confusion, and as the music plays on, Darcy's look of gratitude becomes a look of love, which we see reciprocated in Elizabeth's eyes.
Andrew Davies
#30. A woman always loves to hear that she looks tired, Mr. Darcy. Thank you.
Diana J. Oaks
#33. 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
#34. Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come!
Susan Branch
#35. Remind me why I'm doing this again?" I whispered back.
"For your real friends, of course: Me, Caleb, and Chad."
"That's sweet of you to say, but I'm not sure we're all friends. Mr. Darcy over here," I indicated Caleb with a nod, "finds me barely tolerable.
Amy Helmes
#36. Maybe if you'd worn a shirt - "
"They said they didn't have a shirt!"
"Then I have nothing for you, my friend. You're trapped. I, however - "
"Take one step away from me, you Mr. Darcy wannabe, and I'll snap your spine.
Shelly Laurenston
#37. Please come out so I can see your face," Darcy said.
There was a smile in Thorn's voice when he said, "I gave my jeans to Warrick. I'm no' shy, lass, but I doona want to embarrass Warrick.
Donna Grant
#38. Logan," one of them drawled. "Your technique's slipping if you need dogs to keep them from running away."
"Why are you on the floor?"
"Hypnos," I said.
Quinn snorted. "Dude, Hypnos and dogs? I thought you were the one who was supposed to be good with the girls, Darcy?
Alyxandra Harvey
#39. All women love Colin Firth: Mr. Darcy, Mark Darcy, George VI - at this point he could play the Craigslist Killer and people would be like, 'Oh my God, the Craigslist Killer has the most boyish smile!
Mindy Kaling
#40. I have been used to consider poetry as "the food of love" said Darcy.
"Of a fine, stout, healthy love it may. Everything nourishes what is
strong already. But if it be only a slight, thin sort of inclination, I
am convinced that one good sonnet will starve it entirely away.
Jane Austen
#41. Again she repeated that she would never get married, never ever. She said that for her a man always existed in books, that she would spend the rest of her life with Mr. Darcy - even in the books, there were few men for her.
Azar Nafisi
#42. And always John, who is my own Gilbert Blythe, my real life Mr. Darcy, and the love of my life.
Lindsay Eland
#43. Judging from the unfamiliar number, I assumed the text came from Shannon. If not, I would see who came by my house at 4:30 and go with it. Maybe it would be Mr. Darcy coming to pick me up in an extravagant horse-drawn carriage, but I couldn't picture Mr. Darcy using a cell phone.
Michelle Madow
#44. Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.
Jane Austen
#45. We have all sinned, Mr. Darcy, and we cannot look for mercy without showing it in our lives.
P.D. James
#46. I couldn't help daydreaming that I was Elizabeth and Gabe was Mr. Darcy. fighting against his blossoming feelings for me. Discovering that his passion was beyond his control and finding me more and more desirable each time we met.
Kristin Walker
#47. Darcy closed her eyes. Their lips met, and she breathed in the scent of the sun-heated tar beneath them and the salt of Imogen's skin. She felt the rumble of the traffic below traveling up through the building and into her spine, her fingertips, her tongue.
Scott Westerfeld
#48. Your move should be determined by your strengths, not your opponent's expectations.' Darcy's smile deepened as he warmed to her allusion to fencing. 'Always move to your advantage.
Pamela Aidan
#49. I loved Mr. Darcy far more than any of my own husbands.
Rumer Godden
#50. I think the issue of female friendship really resonates well with women, ... So many women have a friend like Darcy or can relate to the feeling of being second-fiddle to a friend.
Emily Giffin
#52. Darcy took the view that if family amity required him to meet people with whom he had little in common, it were best done at their expense not his.
P.D. James
#53. Perhaps the best guide is treat people, everyone you meet with, with the politeness and consideration with which you would wish them to treat you? - Georgiana Darcy
Janet Aylmer
#54. I need you, lass," he whispered.
Darcy opened her eyes to find him over her. "How fast can you get out of those clothes?
Donna Grant
#55. By the time you were in your cradle," said Darcy, his voice laced with sarcasm, "I was already riding my first pony." "You
Jann Rowland
#56. I want to be happy. I used to want Mr. Darcy, laugh at me if you want, or the idea of him. Someone who made me feel all the time like I felt when I watched those movies.
Shannon Hale
#57. Remember, Elizabeth fell for Mr. Darcy, Beauty fell for the Beast and Scarlet fell for Rhett. Girls love a mysterious boy with a dark past. Trust me.
Chelsea M. Cameron
#58. I shall be perfectly content to spend time with Mr Darcy and enjoy his manner of flattering my ego, for I must confess he does it very well.
P.O. Dixon
#59. Sex sells, even to smart, liberated women, and Mr. Darcy was the smart girl's pinup boy.
Karen Doornebos
#60. Great. Darcy is the ruler of our school. Prety soon, Julius is going to be like Singapore - you'll get a $500 fine for chewing gum or making out in the hallways.
Flynn Meaney
#61. Let the contract state that I want the Mr Darcy accent once a week!
Anne Eliot
#62. I thought he was the man I'd been waiting for. A hero right out of Austen. The one who would finally make everything okay. Only he wasn't real. Like Austen's characters, he was fiction. Mr. Darcy broke my heart.
Beth Pattillo
#63. Elizabeth: "Your balls, Mr. Darcy?"
Darcy: "They belong to you, Miss Bennett.
Seth Grahame-Smith
#64. Exactly what Darcy had hoped to see. They were able to love each other even as well as they intended. Georgiana had the highest opinion in the world
Jane Austen
#65. Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year.
Jane Austen
#66. Instead of receiving any such letter of excuse from his friend, as Elizabeth half expected Mr. Bingley to do, he was able to bring Darcy with him to Longbourn before many days had passed after Lady Catherine's visit.
Jane Austen
#67. It wasn't like that, darlin'." [Darcy] said quickly. "I swear on my mother's soul it wasn't!"
Bronte bit her lip, trying not to smile. "Your mother is still living, is she not?"
Darcy grinned sheepishly. "Yes, but ... just the same.
Jaide Fox
#68. One of the great things about movies is that it's just that short period of time. It's a bubble. The last thing you want to know is that Elizabeth and Darcy had a fight over how to treat the servants!
Nora Ephron
#69. Persuaded as Miss Bingley was that Darcy admired Elizabeth, this was not the best method of recommending herself; but angry people are not always wise;
Jane Austen
#70. The thought of publishing - of the whole world reading Afterworlds - had always made Darcy feel naked and exposed, but loving had left her skinless.
Scott Westerfeld
#71. Nothing is more deceitful,' said Darcy, 'than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion,
Jane Austen
#72. Leave a trail worth following." Darcy Creech, Peter Beaton
Holly Hurd
#73. I didn't say what kind of book. You have a foul mind Bingley."
"Don't mock me on my sister's wedding day!"
"I mocked you on yours; I hardly see how this is as bad," was Darcy's reply.
Marsha Altman
#75. I am happier than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world, that he can spare from me.
Jane Austen
#76. Sport is a passion and out of passion comes love. No point trying to work out why some become heroes and others don't. The chosen ones just go into the pantheon and refuse to fade. Think of Bradman and Les Darcy, Phar Lap and Tommy Corrigan.
Les Carlyon
#78. She remembered the lead ammunition in her pocket and offered it to him. "Your balls, Mr. Darcy?" He reached out and closed her hand around them, and offered, "They belong to you, Miss Bennet.
Seth Grahame-Smith
#79. Mr. Darcy," he said. "Mrs. Darcy what a pleasant surprise this is," the older man said as he came up to them. "Mr.
Mary Jane Ballew
#80. Oh, Darcy!' Fitz grabbed Darcy by the collar. 'You have such a way with the ladies.
Elizabeth Eulberg
#82. Then, in a whisper, Sam said, "I met someone else."
Just like that, Darcy's world melted and distorted into something she no longer recognized. His words hung like poison in the air, and she held her breath, afraid to breathe it in.
D.A. Rhine
#83. Heathcliff and Cathy, like Lady Chatterley and Oliver Mellors, like Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet!
Jandy Nelson
#84. I like you very much. Just as you are. Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones
Helen Fielding
#85. I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these.
- Mr. Darcy
Jane Austen
#86. I didn't really get into underground comics, though I've liked some of what I've seen. Dame Darcy was very impressive to meet, really talented. In general, I've always been more interested in searching out music, so I think I miss out on a lot of underground art.
Neil Farber
#87. Happy endings are popular. Do you not watch movies?"
"Yeah, but that's movies," Darcy groaned. "Books are above all that!
Scott Westerfeld
#88. Elizabeth was astounded, and immediately colored.
"Put down those damn crayons and look at me!" Darcy commanded.
William Codpiece Thwackery
#89. You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner. (Elizabeth Bennett)
Jane Austen
#90. Matthais: *Sighs* England. I'd take my Valentine to England on a tour of all the places from Jane Austen's books. Derbyshire, Mr. Darcy's house. Places like that.
Ayden: You're really milking that whole dark, brooding thing.
A&E Kirk
#91. Darcy staring handsomely out from the shelves. Well, Colin Firth, really. 'The face that launched a thousand bookmarks,
Victoria Connelly
#92. Times haven't changed all that much. Every woman still longs for her own Mr. Darcy.
Jen Printy
#93. I'm ill qualified to recommend myself to strangers. Mr. Darcy
Jane Austen
#94. He sure told you off, huh, Icy?" ~Darcy
VIZ Media
#95. Mr. Darcy was in Pride and Prejudice and at first he was all snooty and huffy; then he fell in a lake and came out with his shirt all wet. And then we all loved him. In a swoony way.
Louise Rennison
#96. she just hadn't met anyone who compared to the heroes of the books she loved. A Mr. Darcy, or a Heathcliff, or even, in the right mood, a Christian Gray . . .
Jenny Colgan
#97. 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
#98. I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.
Jane Austen
#99. I need some beef and broccoli before I face any more Mr. Darcy. It's a truth universally acknowledged that if you watch too much television on am empty stomach, your head falls off."
"If your head fall off, " Tessa said, "the hairdressing industry would go into an economic meltdown
Cassandra Clare
#100. Just bear a passing resemblance to a fictional romantic trope I like and I will love you forever. We're all just trying to find the Mark Darcy of our workplace, aren't we?
Mindy Kaling
