Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.”

“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavour to persuade yourself or me, that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger security for happiness.”

The death of your daughter would have been a blessing in comparison of this.

I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me.”

Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that he can spare from me.