Elizabeth Quotes

“would rather be an honest spinster than a deceitful wife.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“it was a Jane-gown. It would have made her look like an angel, but it made me look like the angel’s sickly cousin.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Like the swans on our lake, we are mates forevermore.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“The particulars contained on two sheets of letter paper and an envelope”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“I do not recommend seeking a husband at all…too dangerous a pursuit.” At my puzzled expression, he grinned. “My advice, Lizzy, is to seek a single man.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“How suddenly we are expected to emerge from girlhood to womanhood, from maiden to wife.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“If the animals could talk, I am certain they would have burst into song about his love and care for them.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“A wife who cannot please her husband is in a precarious position indeed.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“They say he can’t be…persuaded into giving out roles like other studio executives can.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Why should a place run by men tell women what was and wasn’t good about their bodies?”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“She didn’t trust men as a rule; they were all either brutes or dopes in her eyes.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“You are the very best of listeners—when what I have to say does not inconvenience you.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Be honest, Elizabeth. You are not angry; you are afraid.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“A wrap at the door”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Do you deny your own innocence or seek to establish his?”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Servants seemed to pop up like flowers”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“But he could not possibly love you in the way that I do.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Yet in every story Lizzy is possessed of a keen intellect and an irrepressible spirit, and she is loved by Darcy for those very same qualities Lady Catherine scorned.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“generations of readers have embraced the epithet “obstinate, headstrong girl” as the compliment Jane Austen surely intended it to be.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“A woman worthy of being pleased.” With those words, I was won over. Mr. Darcy could stay.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Just because you are asked to marry does not mean you are obliged to say yes.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Alas, the spring of my life—my adolescence, my time for learning—unfolded with more nescience than prescience.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Lowering his voice, inching closer, he asked if I would like to be kissed. I asked if he was mad.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Did he just call me “Oklahoma”? Well if I have to carry the banner for the Sooner State, don’t mind if I do. Whatever, J. Crew! And she propped her boots up so he could not miss them.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“He was being quite charming, and I was determined to enjoy it, though I suspected I would spend most of the day with crimson cheeks.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Despite her charming exterior, Miss Bennet can be difficult at times. Obstinate. Headstrong.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“I am not averse to taking good advice, Miss Bennet. I only wish you could say the same.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“He leaned against the door, looking back at me with soft eyes. I’d never seen such an expression on his face before. It made him look boyish. Lovable.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“Distraction was a very fine method indeed—but certainly no match for her.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl

“The feeling of his lips on hers was enough to melt her. Lest she should actually melt, she stopped.”
― Christina Boyd, Elizabeth: Obstinate, Headstrong Girl