"Only the deepest love will persuade me into matrimony which is why I shall end up an old maid."

"Mr Darcy? I'd more easily forgive his vanity had he not wounded mine. But no matter. I doubt we shall ever speak again."

"Perfectly tolerable, I daresay, but not handsome enough to tempt me."

"You can only have two motives, Caroline, and I would not interfere with either."

"Miss Elizabeth, I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. These past few months have been a torment. I ca…"

"In vain I have struggled this will not do, allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."

"You are mistaken; I write rather slowly."

"You must know, surely you must know, it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke …"

"A romance ahead of its time."

"I have been so blind."