Pride and Prejudice Quotes

Elizabeth telling Mr Collins that he would not make her happy and that she wouldn't make him happy

"You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who could make you so"

Chapter 19

Mrs. Bennet getting angry at Elizabeth for rejecting Mr Collins

"A very headstrong foolish girl" Chapter 20

Elizabeth laughing at how Mr Darcy will have to marry Miss de Bourgh

"She looks sickly and cross. Yes, she will do for him very well. She will make him a very proper wife"

Chapter 28

Elizabeth being cold to Mr Darcy before he proposes - she doesn't like him at all

"She answered him with cold civility" Chapter 34

Elizabeth being shocked at Mr Darcy's first proposal

"Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted and was silent"

Chapter 34

Elizabeth reacting to Mr Darcy insulting her family in his first proposal

"She lost all compassion in anger. She tried however, to compose herself to answer him with patience"

Chapter 34

Elizabeth rebuking Mr Darcy and telling him she never liked him

"If I could feel gratitude, I would now thank you. But I cannot, I have never desired your good opinion."

Chapter 34

Elizabeth telling Mr Darcy that she has many reasons why she doesn't like him

"I have every reason in the world to think ill of you."

Chapter 34

Elizabeth telling Mr Darcy that no matter how nice he was she would never marry him

"You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have tempted me to accept it."

Chapter 34

Elizabeth telling Mr Darcy that he was very far down her list of men she would marry

"I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry." Chapter 34

Elizabeth's reaction when she finds out about believing Mr Wickham's lies so easily and being horrible to Mr Darcy

"Astonishment, apprehension, and even horror oppressed her." Chapter 36

Elizabeth realising how she had let prejudice blind her about Mr Darcy

"She grew absolutely ashamed of herself. Of neither Darcy nor Wickham could she think without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd." Chapter 36

Elizabeth realising that her pride got in the way of seeing through Mr Wickham's act because she thought she was good at reading people

"'How despicably I have acted!' she cried. 'I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I who valued myself on my abilities!'" Chapter 36

Elizabeth realising how vain she has been and how it has blinded her to Wickham's true character after Darcy's letter

"'How humiliating is this discovery!'... 'Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love has been my folly.'" Chapter 36

Elizabeth feeling ashamed of herself and generally being in the wrong

"Her sense of shame was severe. The justice of the charge struck her too forcibly for denial." Chapter 36

Elizabeth is greatly affected by the letter and how blind she has been

"She felt depressed beyond anything she had ever known before." Chapter 36

Comparison between Mr Wickham and Mr Darcy

"One has got all the goodness, and the other the appearance of it." Chapter 40

How everyone in Meryton is prejudiced against Mr Darcy because they love gossiping about him and being rude

"The general prejudice against Mr Darcy is so violent, that it would be the death of half the good people in Meryton, to attempt to place him in an amiable light." Chapter 40

Elizabeth admiring Pemberley while driving down the drive

"Admired every remarkable spot and point of view." Chapter 43

Elizabeth thinking she might have lived at Pemberley

"'And of this place,' thought she, 'I might have been mistress.'" Chapter 43

Elizabeth listening to the housekeeper at Pemberley about how nice Mr Darcy was

"Elizabeth listened, wondered, doubted, and was impatient for more." Chapter 43

When Elizabeth finds out from Jane's letter about Lydia's elopement

"Her knees trembled under her." Chapter 46

Elizabeth crying to Mr Darcy about Lydia's elopement

"She burst into tears as she alluded to it." Chapter 46

Elizabeth telling Mr Darcy about Lydia's elopement

"My youngest sister... has eloped; has thrown herself into the power of Mr Wickham." Chapter 46

Elizabeth feeling really bad about Lydia's elopement on the way to Longbourn

"Fixed there by the keenest of all anguish, self reproach, she could find no interval of eases or forgetfulness" Chapter 47

Elizabeth not believing most of what Meryton says, Austen saying how gossipy and mean society was in her day

"Elizabeth, although she did not credit above half of what they said" Chapter 48

Elizabeth acknowledging that had she not liked Mr Darcy she would not have been so affected by Lydia's elopement

"Who was by this time tolerably well acquainted with her own feelings, was perfectly aware, that, had she known nothing of Darcy, she could have borne the dread of Lydia's infamy somewhat better" Chapter 48

Elizabeth not believing that Wickham would marry Lydia

"Can it be possible that he will marry her?" Chapter 49

Elizabeth feeling confused as to why he would marry her and enter into such a nasty relationship like her parent's one willingly, confused because she has seen what it is like from her parents

"That they should marry, small as is their chance of happiness, and wretched as is his character" Chapter 49

Elizabeth is sick of her mother's dramatic reaction to Lydia's elopement

"Sick of this folly, took refuge in her own room" Chapter 49

Elizabeth is unhappy because Mr Darcy knows about Lydia's scandal

"There was no-one, whose knowledge of a sister's frailty would have mortified her so much" Chapter 50

Elizabeth realises how Lydia's elopement has ruined and chance of her marrying Darcy

"There seemed a gulf impossible between them" Chapter 50

Elizabeth is unhappy because when she is realises she has fallen in love with Darcy, they cannot meet anymore

"She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely that they should meet" Chapter 50

Elizabeth regrets her rebuking Mr Darcy's proposal

"Could he know that the proposals which she had proudly spurned only four months ago, would now have been gladly and gratefully received!" Chapter 50

Elizabeth thinks Darcy is 'the one'

"He was exactly the man, who, in disposition and in talents, would most suit her" Chapter 50

Elizabeth does not want to see Mr Wickham after his elopement with Lydia

"Any meeting with him would have been the last object of her wishes" Chapter 50

Elizabeth is angry because Lydia and Wickham act like they did nothing wrong when they come to Longbourn

"Elizabeth was disgusted" Chapter 51

Elizabeth is upset because of Lydia acting like eloping is something to be proud of and talking about showing her ring off so it means Darcy will never want to marry her

"Elizabeth could bear it no longer. She got up, and ran out of the room" Chapter 51

When Elizabeth finds out Mr Darcy was in London with the Gardiners and was involved in the wedding

""Mr Darcy!" repeated Elizabeth, in utter amazement" Chapter 51

Elizabeth trying to figure out what Darcy was doing in London with Lydia and Wickham

"Conjectures as to the meaning of it, rapid and wild, hurried into her brain; but she was satisfied with none." Chapter 51

Elizabeth reacting to Mrs Gardiner's letter about Mr Darcy's involvement in Lydia and Wickham's marraige

"The contents of this letter threw Elizabeth into a flutter of spirits, in which it was difficult to determine whether pleasure or pain bore the greatest share" Chapter 52

Elizabeth hoping that Darcy saved Lydia's elopement for her

"Her heart did whisper, that he had done it for her" Chapter 52

Elizabeth telling herself that she was being stupid for hoping that Darcy was still in love with her

"She soon felt that even her vanity was insufficient, when required to depend upon his affection for her, for a woman who had already refused him" Chapter 52

Elizabeth regretting how rude she had been to Mr Darcy when he proposed to her the first time

"Oh! How heartily did she grieve over every ungracious sensation she had ever encouraged, every saucy speech she had ever directed towards him." Chapter 52

Elizabeth not wanting to talk to Mr Wickham after he comes back from eloping with Lydia

"True. Are the others coming out?" "She replied in the affirmative" Chapter 52

"She had walked fast to get rid of him" Chapter 52

Elizabeth wanting Wickham to stop trying to talk about Darcy and his lies to her

"Elizabeth hoped she had silenced him" Chapter 52

Elizabeth hinting to Wickham that she knows he is lying about Darcy

"'I did hear, too, that there was a time, when sermon-making was not so palatable to you....you had actually declared your resolution of never taking orders" Chapter 52

Elizabeth being jealous of people Mr Darcy speaks to

"She followed him with her eyes, envied every one to whom he spoke" Chapter 54

Elizabeth telling herself she is being stupid for thinking Mr Darcy loves her still after he and Mr Bingley visit their house

"How could I ever be foolish enough to expect a renewal of his love?" Chapter 54

Elizabeth telling Jane that as she can never be as happy as her because she is not as positive and sweet

"Till I have your disposition, your goodness, I never can have your happiness" Chapter 55

Elizabeth knowing that she doesn't have much of a chance of marrying someone she loves because she knows Mr Darcy will never marry her

"If I have very good luck, I may meet with another Mr Collins in time" Chapter 55

When Lady Catherine tells Lizzy that she has made Mr Darcy lose all sense in his status

"Your arts and allurements may, in a moment of infatuation, have made him forget what he owes to himself and to all his family" Chapter 56

Lady Catherine telling Lizzy that she can never marry Mr Darcy

"This match, to which you have the presumption to aspire, can never take place" Chapter 56

Lady Catherine getting frustrated at Lizzy and telling her how stubborn she is, but that is what made Darcy fall in love with her

"Obstinate, headstrong girl!" Chapter 56

Mr Bennet laughing at Mr Collins insinuating that Mr Darcy wants to marry Lizzy, showing how out of touch he is with her

"His perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike, make it so delightfully absurd!" Ch 57

Austen showing how much Elizabeth's feelings towards Darcy have changed when he admits he still loves her

"Her sentiments had undergone so material a change...as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure, his present assurances" ch 58

Shows how Lizzy has seen the light and is seeing Darcy as he really is - past everyone else's prejudices forced on her about him

"All her former prejudices had been removed" ch 58

Elizabeth joking about when she first realised she was in love with Darcy

"I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley" ch 59

Physical description of Mr Darcy when he is first seen at the ball

"His fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mein." Chapter 3

How quickly it circulates how much money Mr Darcy has

"The report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year." Chapter 3

After Mr Darcy hardly talks or dances at the ball, everyone forms prejudices very quickly - Austen showing how ruthless her society is

"He was the proudest most disagreeable man in the world." Chapter 3

Mr Darcy telling Mr Bingley how all the women at the ball are ugly and he would not dance with any of them

"There is not another woman in the room, whom it would not be a punishment to me to stand up with." Chapter 3

Darcy slighting Elizabeth's looks

"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." Chapter 3

Darcy being rude to Sir Lucas at the second ball

"Every savage can dance." Chapter 6

Darcy beginning to fall in love with Elizabeth

"Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her." Chapter 10

Darcy showing he is self awareness, acknowledging his faults to Elizabeth

"My good opinion once lost is lost forever." Chapter 11

Darcy being scared of how much he likes Elizabeth

"She attracted him more than he liked." Chapter 12

The whole society does not like Mr Darcy even though they hardly even know him

"Everybody is disgusted with his pride." Chapter 16

"By everyone else Mr Darcy was condemned as the worst of men." Chapter 24

Mr Darcy hinting at the fact that Wickham is false

"Mr Wickham is blessed with such happy manners as may ensure his making friends- whether he may be equally capable of retaining them is less certain." Chapter 18

Meryton gossiping about how they knew Mr Darcy was mean after Wickham spreads his lies about him

"ever body was pleased to think how much they had always disliked Mr Darcy before they had known anything of the matter" Chapter 24

Mr Darcy admitting to Elizabeth that he is in love with her

"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." chapter 34

Mr Darcy angering Elizabeth in his proposal being seeing himself as above her

"His sense of her inferiority." Chapter 34

Mr Darcy's reaction to Elizabeth refusing his first proposal because he is used to getting what he wants

"His complexion became pale with anger." Chapter 34

"Struggling for the appearance of composure." Chapter 34

Mr Darcy outright insulting Elizabeth's family and connections

"Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections?" Chapter 34

Mr Darcy showing how much Elizabeth's opinion of him matters to him in his letter to her explaining about Mr Wickham

"It pains me to offend you." Chapter 35

The housekeeper saying how nice Mr Darcy is and was as a boy

"I have never had a cross word from him in my life."

"He was always the sweetest tempered, most generous hearted, boy in the world."

"He is the best landlord, and the best master." Chapter 43

Mr Darcy standing up for Elizabeth when Miss Bingley insults her lots as soon as she leaves

"One of the handsomest women of my acquaintance." Chapter 45

Austen setting us up for Darcy saving the day

"Complied with! I am only ashamed of him asking so little." Chapter 49 - Mr Bennet

"How could he spare half ten thousand pounds?" Chapter 49 -Mr Bennet

Mrs Gardiner telling Elizabeth Darcy's involvement in the wedding in her letter

"He left Derbyshire only one day after ourselves, and came to town with the resolution of hunting for them" Chapter 52

"He generously imputed the whole to his mistaken pride, and confessed that he had before thought it beneath him, to lay his private actions open to the world" Chapter 52

"He dined with us the next day" Chapter 52 Darcy generally being really nice

"His behaviour to us has, in every respect, been as pleasing as when we were in Derbyshire" Chapter 52

Mr Darcy telling Elizabeth that he saved the Lydia and Wickham situation for her

"I thought only of you" ch 58

Mr Darcy again showing his self awareness, but this time he is wrong

"I have been a selfish being all my life"ch 58

Mr Darcy showing that he knows himself and his character well

"Not of a disposition in which happiness overflows in mirth" ch 59

The narrator setting up the subject of the whole book

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Chapter 1

narrator taking on the voice of society at the first ball

"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love." Chapter 3

Narrator making fun of Mr Collins sucking up to Lady Catherine

"Mr Collins was employed in agreeing to everything her Ladyship said." Chapter 29

Narrator taking on the voice of Elizabeth when Darcy shows up at Pemberly

"Her coming there was the most unfortunate, most ill judged thing in the world!" Chapter 43

Narrator describing Mrs Bennet

"A woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper." Chapter 1

Mrs Bennet's sole purpose in life, shows how important marriage is in the novel

"The business of her life was to get her daughters married." Chapter 1

"If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield, and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for." Chapter 3

Mrs Bennet being very quick to judge Mr Darcy

"He is such a disagreeable man that it would be a misfortune to be liked by him." Chapter 5

"He is ate up with pride." Chapter 5

Mrs Bennet being excitable

"We are all in an uproar." Chapter 20

Austen always using over the top language for Mrs Bennet to show how melodramatic she is

"Excessively disappointed." Chapter 20

Mrs Bennet's dramatic reaction to Lydia's elopement

"Received them exactly as might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and complaints of her own sufferings and ill usage." Chapter 47

Mrs Bennet blaming everyone but herself for Lydia's behaviour

"Blaming every body but the person whose ill judging indulgence the errors of her daughter must principally be owing" Chapter 47

Mrs Bennet being melodramatic about Mr Bennet going to London to find Lydia because she wants the drama because nothing exciting never happens in her life

"I know he will fight Wickham, wherever he meets him, and then he will be killed" Chapter 47

Mrs Bennet still spoiling Lydia even though she just put shame onto the whole family - doesn't understand how bad she has been

"Tell Lydia she shall have as much money as she chuses, to buy them, after they are married" Chapter 47

Mrs Bennet not having prudence enough to not talk about Lydia

"She had not prudence enough to hold her tongue before the servants" Chapter 47

When she finds out Mr Bennet is coming back, she isn't as happy because she wanted to have the drama to complain about - Austen making fun of her

"She did not express so much satisfaction as her children expected, considering what her anxiety for his life had been before" Chapter 48

Mrs Bennet then acting like she wants Mr Bennet to go fight Mr Wickham - she just liked making a scene about everything

"Who is to fight Wickham, and make him marry her, if he comes away?" Chapter 48

Mrs Bennet being overbearing

"Mrs Bennet could hardly contain herself" Chapter 49

Mrs Bennet doesn't understand how awful Lydia has been and acts like nothing is wrong and does not scold her

"She was disturbed by no fear for her felicity, nor humbled by any remembrance of her misconduct" Chapter 49