Mistaken Quotes

“Upon my word!” Mrs Sinclair exclaimed. “At an early age, I believed my father was heir to the throne, and my lap dog was a unicorn. There comes a point in most people’s lives when one learns to discern fact from invention.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“People with more money than sense must be very careful that, when their fortune diminishes, their reason does not dwindle with it.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“You could lead a horse to water, but her brother would always be an incurable idiot.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“I live for nothing if not to vex the vexatious.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“I never saw her so angry, and I was there the day Sir Lewis gambled away her underclothes in a card game.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“As a person, she is more comparable to a lemon. She adds flavour to other things but is sour and horrid on her own.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“Mr Bingley, you have the privilege of being the most unparalleled idiot I have ever known. And since I have been alive for the best part of a century, I urge you not to underestimate the scope of such a commendation.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“For the love of God, Catherine, desist!” Matlock hissed. “You are making a fool of yourself.” “She is making a fool of me!” “No, she is merely holding doors open. You are striding unhindered through them.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“Sensible girl,” said Mrs Sinclair. “I was always assured of liking her since I am predisposed to like most things in opposition to Lady Catherine, but it seems Miss Bennet is going to make it easy for me. Tell me, how did she fare against Lady Catherine in person?”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“She expressed the customary dismay with what she considered laudable verisimilitude, but the colonel was apparently not fooled. “You are right not to trouble yourself too much with grief, Miss Bingley. It is an irrational sentiment, best left to those with a susceptibility to the inconvenience of feeling.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“If Bingley has not yet made his addresses,” he said, “he will not be able to for the foreseeable future.” “He will not?” “No. The Bennets are in mourning.” “Oh, thank God!” There were occasions when Caroline wished her sense would make a more determined effort to precede her sensibility.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“Neither did you deny it. Is she truly the penniless niece of a tradesman? Are her connections truly so dire?” “If they are not now, they soon will be, for she will gain the devil of an aunt with the husband,” Mrs Sinclair said huffily.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“His feet scuffed forward, his head span, and he held on all the tighter,”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“Marry me, Elizabeth. I am so in love with you. Marry me, I beg you.”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken

“for a girl heretofore unwilling to frown at a fart,”
― Jessie Lewis, Mistaken