Mr. Darcy Forever Quotes

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not just for entertaining us, although that would be enough.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“That’s the only problem with novels,’ Mia said. ‘They give readers such high hopes that the real world can often be a bit of a letdown.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Did Jane Austen ruin lives by giving people false expectations about love? Were her heroes just too good to be true? Could a real man of flesh and blood ever hope to live up to such paragons? And were books with happy endings cruel? Did they give their readers a warped view of the world and what they could expect from it?”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Why is life a constant disappointment?'
'Because we read fiction,' Mia said, and Shelley nodded, knowing it was true.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Why is life a constant disappointment?’ ‘Because we read fiction,’ Mia said,”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Why couldn’t love be rational like everything else? What right did it have to bulldoze through your reasoning and leave you spinning?”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“I think loss isolates a person. Everybody is far too nervous to ask you how you feel, in case you have a breakdown in front of them. It’s much easier not to say anything and hope the pain goes away quickly and quietly.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Very few modern men dressed well, she had to admit.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever

“Sarah often thought it funny how she would think of the characters as if they were real people who had really lived, occupying this very world with the same strength of mind and passion as their creator.”
― Victoria Connelly, Mr. Darcy Forever