Pride and Prejudice question

i luv the entire book!!!
I dont have 1 fav line....
but 1 of my favs is:
“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

another of my favs is the 1 christine quoted!

“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”

No one can beat Mr. Bennet.

"We neither of us perform to strangers." It captures multiple meanings Darcy is attempting convey--an apology for his past behavior; an indication that he views Eliza as an intimate friend, and wants her to see him as he truly is; and the suggestion that he intends to work for her esteem. To me, it's the turning point in the novel.

the very first line
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

"I am determined that nothing but the very deepest love will induce me into matrimony." ~ Elizabeth

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." ~ First line

"I had not known you a month before I felt you were the last man in the world whom I could ever marry!" ~ Elizabeth to Darcy

"So I still might have been but for you: dearest, loveliest Elizabeth." ~ Darcy to Elizabeth

"In vain I have struggled, it will not do. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." ~ Darcy to Elizabeth

"I do not play this instrument so well as I should wish to, but I have always supposed that to be my own fault because I would not take the trouble of practicing." Elizabeth to Darcy

"You are perfectly right. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you could think anything wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers." ~ Darcy to Elizabeth in response to her above comment ;)

"I am most excessively diverted." -Elizabeth
"I am most seriously displeased."-Lady Catherine

I love the language in this book!

"Mr. Bennett, how can you abuse your own children in such a way! You take delight in vexing me! You have no compassion on my poor nerves."
"You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least."
I have mixed feelings about Mr. Bennett, but that exchange alawys makes me smile. :D

"Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?”

“Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely silent for half an hour together; and yet for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged as that they may have the trouble of saying as little as possible.”

“Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?”

“Both,” replied Elizabeth archly; “for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the éclat of a proverb.”

I think that Mr Bennett delivers the very best lines, including one when writing to Mr Collins at the end of the book. "Console Lady Catherine as well as you can. But, if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give."

"I am happier than Jane, for she only smiles, I laugh" -Elizabeth

The opening line, because it reminds of the time a customer came into the boostore I was working at and asked for "Pride and Prejudice by Jean Auel." Um, the one that starts with "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a prehistoric woman in possession of blonde hair, must be in want of a tribe"?

These are the best words,
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

I always loved this exchange between Elizabeth and Darcy:

“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.” “And your defect is a propensity to hate every body.” “And yours,” he replied with a smile, “is wilfully to misunderstand them.”

I love a lot of the quotes above, though one I love is in reply to the quote above by Konstantine_pap, in which Elizabeth tells Darcy that perhaps he should follow his aunt's advice and practice (paraphrasing Jane Austen's words, of course)!

Mr. Bennet: "An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents.-Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do."

The first time I read that passage I just lost it laughing. It's still always good for a laugh with me.

Mr. Darcy to Caroline Bingley: "Undoubtedly there is a good deal of meanness in all the arts which ladies sometimes condescend to employ for captivation. Whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable."

If I didn't get this second one exactly, I believe I got the gist. It sums up a chapter of irony.

My favourite is definitely this one:
"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it."
It's so unbelievably true, at least sometimes.

this line, reads: but slyness seems to be the fashion.

"I understand better than my sisters do that handsome young men must have something to live off of." - Lizzie Bennet.

"Lydia is 15." - Lizzie Bennet... because I always hear her mutter "pedophile" under her breath.

You pierce my soul!

I like the openning line:" it's a truth universally acknowleged , that a single man in possession of a good fornuture , must be in want of a wife ".

"I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow."

laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.

"IT is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."

I do not cough for my own amusement. -Kitty

I do not know where my copy of Pride and Prejudice is but my favourite line would be where Darcy is proposing to Lizzie for the second time.

If I find my copy I'll edit this comment to include it. The line Christine quoted though always makes me smile :)

Definitely one of my favorite lines is “In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Especially when I heard Matthew Macfadyen saying it ooh <3 I listened to it so many time! (his way of saying ardently ^^) But the other one special (or not) is " I am quite sorry, Lizzy, that you should be forced to have that disagreeable man all to yourself. But I hope you will not mind it: it is for Jane's sake, you know; and there is no occasion for talking to him, except just now and then. So do not put yourself to inconvenience." just because I was laughing so much reading it for the first time. And every time I imagine Brenda Blethyn (playing Mrs. Bennet in 2005 version) saying it I laugh again :D

"Heaven forbid! That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! Do not wish me such an evil."

This is so true.

The whole wonderful book is quotable but one quote I particular like is "Till this moment I never knew myself" Elizabeth to herself.

Most of the quotes above are my favorites but two i like the best are -
"I could easily forgive his pride,if he had not mortified mine"
"In vain have i struggled.It will not do.My feelings will not be repressed.You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

"I would by no means suspend any pleasure of yours." -Mr. Darcy

"By all means, let us hear all the particulars, not forgetting their comparative height and size; for that will have more weight in the argument, Miss Bennet, than you may be aware of. I assure you, that if Darcy were not such a great tall fellow, in comparison with myself, I should not pay him half so much deference." -Mr. Bingley

Lizzie to Mary, at the town´s ballroom assembly: When there´s nothing else to be hadt, we shall have to be philosopher´s, Mary.

I am convinced that nothing but the deepest love will induce me in to matrimony. Lizzie to Jane

The whole book is one giant quote...i think it´s about time i re-read it.

I don't know the exact line.. but when Mr Collins is 'proposing' to Lizzie.

I don't have the book to hand, but one of my fave's is Mr Bennett saying 'No lace, Mrs Bennett, no lace!' or something similar. It always makes me laugh.

I agree with Francine about 'We neither of us perform to strangers' being a turning point.

There are too many...

“I have faults enough, but they are not, I hope, of understanding. My temper I dare not vouch for. It is, I believe, too little yielding— certainly too little for the convenience of the world. I cannot forget the follies and vices of other so soon as I ought, nor their offenses against myself. My feelings are not puffed about with every attempt to move them. My temper would perhaps be called resentful. My good opinion once lost, is lost forever.”

The above quote is my favourite from Pride and Prejudice, it is the line that made me fall a little in love with Mr. Darcy. He read so very real as a character, his flaws, and most of all his self awareness just enchant my imagination.

I also like this quote...

“Laugh as much as you choose, but you will not laugh me out of my opinion.”

From Lady Catherine de Burgh, great comeback line to recite to anyone getting way ahead of themselves:

"There are few people in England, I suppose, who have more true enjoyment of music than myself, or a better natural taste. If I had ever learnt, I should have been a great proficient. "

"My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever."

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

The language and exchanges between characters are so beautiful as well as humorous. I especially love Elizabeth's confrontations with Mr. Darcy and Lady Catherine... she's so ardent in her convictions. I wish I had my copy to write them down, but I don't know where it is.

-So what do you recommend to encourage affection?
-Dancing. Even if one's partner is barely tolerable.”

"Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her. He really believed that, were it not for the inferiority of her connexions, he should be in some danger."

You'd better believe you're in danger, pal.

i love the entire book but still i have two favorite line-
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife"
"My fingers do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which i see so many women's do.They have not the same expression.but then i have always supposed it to be my own fault because i would not take the trouble of practicing.It is not believe my fingers are capable as any other women's of superior execution"

“What are men to rocks and mountains?”

From the first moment I met you, your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realize that you were the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.

It's a sad line but somehow all the mixed emotions in it really got to me. Elizabeth's character strength and anger really came out here.

difficult to pick out one there are plenty!But I specificly like few terms used at "Bang on" places like "Capital Offence" by Elizabeth or "She is the most beutiful creature I ever Behld" or "I have all the astomishment"

There is nothing special or new in these (such) expressions but they come at so correct places that they tend to set the mood

Christine wrote: "Mine is :
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that it had begun."
My heart melted w..."

Could not agree more. Love that quote. :D

Elizabeth: "My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me." LOVE that.

"Why do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?"

This from Mr. Bennett, ruefully, realizing that the entire town knew his youngest daughter had run off with a man in disgrace. I have often thought of this line through my life --- it is useful resignation. [:-)

"why with so evident a desire of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character? Was not this some excuse for incivility, if I was uncivil? But........."

"Be not alarmed, madam, on receiving this letter, by the apprehension of its containing any repetition of those sentiments or renewal of those offers which were last night so disgusting to you" -Darcy

Such language, such manners of insult( thats my view),such disappointment, such heartbreaking a line when i was hoping only a clearance of the misunderstanding on her part and renewing the proposal, my hopes were shattered and at the same pace such choice of words left me into an unexpected expect.