Elizabeth Bennet

377 quotes

"I am not one of those females who believe the common maxim."
Freedom
"The longer I know you the more I am convinced of your genuineness."
Relationships
"We are all fools in love."
Love
"You have given me a treasure I never could have hoped to possess."
Gratitude
"If a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it."
Truth
"How I long to hear more of this interesting history."
Imagination
"The circumstances of my becoming acquainted with you was most unfortunate."
Change
"I have now fortitude to tell you, you were wrong."
Courage
"I am not romantic, you see. I never wish to be perfectly happy lest I should be disappointed."
Wisdom
"I must confess that I never expected to hear that you could be capable of such a feeling."
Knowledge
"Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal."
Humor
"I have been the greatest admirer of you both ever since you entered the room."
Beauty
"You have made an error I cannot overlook."
Justice
"I felt myself to be most unworthy of the acceptance you thus granted me."
"Indulge me, however, in return with a little more compliance."
Patience
"I wish this may be receiving the congratulations which I suppose you are all expecting."
Hope
"We must all wonder at the person who can be content to sit down and pore over large books."
Education
"My good opinion once lost, is lost forever."
Power
"I have already secured the principal good I sought."
Success
"You and I are too much alike, I believe."
"There is a pleasure all women feel in conquering a little impudence."
Humor
"I always deserve you."
Love
"The evening had been attempted in vain."
Perseverance
"Everything nourishes what is strong already."
Strength
"She is a woman of narrow mind."
Wisdom
"There is something about her that is very right."
"I was prepared for an interesting account."
Hope
"You were entirely right. The past was past."
Peace
"I shall not presume to censure my own sex."
Kindness
"All this is past and forgotten. Let us be friends."