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“Darcy placed his hands on his wife’s shoulders. When she did not pull away, he slowly put one arm and then the other behind her. He looked the question, and she nodded before closing the short distance between them. He wrapped his arms around her more tightly while Mrs Darcy brought her arms around his waist and rested her cheek against his chest, pressing him just a little closer. He knew that a few tears escaped her eyes. He rested his chin atop her head, and they held one another for a long time.”
― Heather Moll, An Affectionate Heart: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“With a cry of feral animal relief, Elizabeth clambered into the carriage, the astonished coachman recovering his wits barely in time to reach a useless hand towards her.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Heart Enough: Variations on a Jane Austen Christmas

“Thank you, Sally, we will let you know if you are needed.” Sally—who was a timid creature unlikely to dare disobey anything the master said—abandoned her immediately. Elizabeth looked at him in amazement, only to be more shocked when he added, “And close the door, please.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Heart Enough: Variations on a Jane Austen Christmas

“Courting!” Miss Bingley shot out of her chair, her fists clenched tightly at her sides. “You must be joking.”
― L.L. Diamond, His Perfect Gift

“Would he kiss her as he had on Christmas day? His lips met hers and she gripped her skirts while his lips slid along hers in a slightly different manner than under the kissing bough. Her skin prickled and her trembling increased, spurred by the warmth of his breath as it caressed her cheek. How did one not expire from such sensations? A sudden giggle made her jerk away and cover her mouth.”
― L.L. Diamond, His Perfect Gift

“She looked up into his eyes and viewed a world she would never know. At length, she ventured, “Are we arguing, Mr. Darcy? I would not wish to argue with you.”
― Regina Jeffers, Pemberley's Christmas Governess: A Pride and Prejudice Holiday Vagary

“It is my fault, little one,” she said as she kissed the child’s silky hair. “Your father holds none of the blame. It was all me. I permitted myself to be swept away by Mr. Darcy’s kindness. I allowed myself a dream of a future. It has been so long since someone saw me as more than a governess. How could I not have responded to such a handsome man? How could I not be drawn to him?”
― Regina Jeffers, Pemberley's Christmas Governess: A Pride and Prejudice Holiday Vagary

“Which was the moment, of course, in which she began to fall in love. Oh Lizzy, you do know how to pick them!”
― Julie Cooper, A Yuletide Dream

“She stood on her toes. “I must admit, I find you exceedingly tolerable,” she said, offering her lips.”
― Cassandra B. Leigh, Remembrances: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Oh!” I replied brightly, “that is my mother. I am dancing with the richest man in Derbyshire, and she is planning our wedding.”
― Grace Gibson, Silver Buckles: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“if you please, consider your sister Mary—who is staring at you as hopefully as a spaniel in want of a walk”
― Grace Gibson, Silver Buckles: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Do you not see? I have fallen in love with you, Mr. Darcy, and things being unequal as they are, it would be kind of you to find an excuse for our not accepting your invitation.”
― Grace Gibson, Silver Buckles: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“He has caused me to weep in public.” “Terrible. So, will you make him pay for it by marrying him?”
― Grace Gibson, Silver Buckles: A Pride & Prejudice Variation

“Perhaps I am,’ he said. ‘Miss Bennet.’ He stopped and turned towards her, then he sank down on to one knee. ‘Have you dropped something?’ asked Elizabeth innocently. ‘Let me help you to look for it.”
― Jennifer Lang, Mr Darcy's Valentine

“Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really.”
― Agnes Sligh Turnbull

“Sometimes, like now, the way Mr. Darcy looked at her made her feel giddy. As if she floated. Or gave her that feeling she got when she swung dangerously high on a swing and plunged back downward, uncertain until the last moment if she experienced joy or dread. It all depended on if she kept swinging or ended up in a heap on the ground.”
― Renata McMann, Mr. Collins' Will: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“I don’t know when I fell in love with you, but I am in love. Hopelessly. I want to care for you and cherish you, but I don’t want you to think”
― Renata McMann, Mr. Collins' Will: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“I'm fully aware," Firth told a reporter for the English magazine Now, "that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.”
― Colin Firth

“You, Fitzwilliam, became my fortress in my hour of need, my hero when I most needed to be rescued”
― J. Dawn King, Field of Dreams

“Charles Dawson was the most prosperous farmer in the area. He leased a large section of fields for crops and had in the last decade cleared two fields for livestock.”
― Elizabeth Squire, Assumptions and Arrangements: A Pride and Prejudice Variation: What if Elizabeth was willing to consider Mr. Collins?

“Fluff and nonsense, quite happy to have you, colonel. Perhaps you can assist Darcy in adjusting to society here. He has declared it something savage and refuses to become acquainted with the natives," jested Bingley.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“Mrs. Bennet's morals were indeed much better than Miss Bingley's, as the matron never prompted anything truly underhanded, she merely wished to see her girls well settled.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“Of what do you speak? One cannot change a fishmonger's wife into a gentlewoman, Richard." cried Darcy, gapping at the absurdity of his cousin's pronouncement”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“Well, as we know, I am not tolerable enough to tempt you, so I suppose I would have to recommend Jane, as she is the renowned local beauty. If she fails to entice you, sir, you will need to remove to a new county to find a partner worthy of your consideration.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“sense,”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“I met an acquaintance of yours just the other day, a Mr. Wickham, and heard a great deal of your time together at university," said Elizabeth, trying to get to the bottom of the matter that had been plaguing her.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“He could not believe his luck. He was already out the door, determined to make haste. Miss Jane Bennet, by far the most beautiful of all the women he had intended to court and possessing a far more docile spirit, would be his.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“Elizabeth was enraged: She took all the anger pent up under proper manners over the last few days and directed it toward contempt for Mr. Darcy. How could he? Was he entirely absent a conscience? To scheme against Jane, of all people, who ought to remind him of his own sister. A man must be devoid of any decency and every proper feeling to tamper with the hopes of someone as unassuming as Jane.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“Mr. Bingley, you have engaged in the worst duplicitousness, sir! Lulling me into a false sense of security while you stole my intended bride! It is unchristian, sir, as you knew very well my intentions toward my dear cousin as I left Netherfield this morning.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam

“alone. "Mr. Collins, it seems it would be far more efficient to form a line at the next assembly. For it seems you intend to seek a bride every few hours or so.”
― Pemberley Darcy, A Frankness of Character: A Pride and Prejudice Variation : A Darcy & Elizabeth Story w/ a Matchmaking Colonel Fitzwilliam