Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

“and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.”

There is not a finer county in England than Derbyshire.”

Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”

The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense.

They may wish many things besides his happiness; they may wish his increase of wealth and consequence; they may wish him to marry a girl who has all the importance of money, great connections, and pride.”

I have a very poor opinion of young men who live in Derbyshire;

What are young men to rocks and mountains?

“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.”

“But it is fortunate,” thought she, “that I have something to wish for.

Elizabeth walked out to recover her spirits; or in other words, to dwell without interruption on those subjects that must deaden them more.

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.”