Officious Interference Quotes

“You look,” said Saye, casting a gimlet eye over him, “as if you have been ridden hard and put away wet. Are you ill?”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Let me be quite clear,” said Bingley. “I am not going to throw Jane over, not even if I find out she herself kissed Sir James.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“One-and-twenty, hm? I suppose you fancy yourself quite independent. Very well, Lizzy. Take a day to form your reply, but understand me in this. If you do not marry Sir James, you will find yourself with an independence I do not think you are prepared for.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“No.” He nodded slowly. Her hands, she noticed, had begun to twist themselves together. “You cannot love me.” “I can and I do.” “It is impossible in every respect!” “I disagree,” he said simply, and smiled.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Sir James was afflicted with a bit of dysentery,” Saye reported. “Quite unseemly if I must say so. One can hardly make love to a woman with his breeches round his ankles and his arse fastened to the chamber pot.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“Miss Goddard smirked and blushed but still said, “Opinions are like chamber pots; we all have them and yet most are better left unmentioned.” The two ladies laughed, and Elizabeth’s spirits were immediately improved.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“I will never find another woman like Elizabeth Bennet.” “A man does not find his ballocks by searching in his desk, does he?”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation

“With a sigh that sounded very impatient, he took her face in his hands. “I”—he kissed her— “do”—another kiss—“not”—a third kiss—“care.” He gave her one final kiss and dropped his hands. “Not even a little bit.”
― Amy D'Orazio, Officious Interference: A Pride and Prejudice Variation