The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney #1)

by Claudia Gray

Most disconcerting of all? A gathering where nearly everyone is a newcomer to everyone else. Everyone is under examination; no one is fully at ease.

Run mad as often as you choose, but do not faint.

Apparently Mr. Churchill saw no reason to keep at the work of a public magistrate when coffee was to be had.

my mother has often told me that most people are really very peculiar, once you get to know them.

It is always disagreeable to think on an empty stomach.

“Doing what is right may be painful to us,” she said, “but doing what is painful to others is rarely right.”

“I believe that the smallest hatred is a greater sin than the most misguided love.”

Do not surrender your better habits now, in this hour of travail, when they will serve you best.

There is no plan so pleasant, no expectation so cherished, that someone cannot be found to disapprove of it.

Most women would not have been able to hold their heads up under the shame. But you’ve never let shame stop you.”

Everything in Edmund’s teaching told him to condemn William Price, and to condemn Fanny for standing with him. But what if that teaching did not truly reflect the Word of God?

The lone consolation of the wallflower is observation.

“It would be lovely to think that absolute honesty served us best in all circumstances, but unfortunately it is not always the case.”

cannot condone William’s behavior. Yet I cannot uphold the individual laws of God without honoring the spirit that underlies them. Religion must support the bonds of family and love, rather than work against them, if it is to symbolize God’s love for man.