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“When a gentleman spends quite some time telling me in detail about his father's courtship of his mother, I have to assume there is some moral for me in the tale. Since in this case that courtship consisted primarily of his father insisting repeatedly they were to marry and his mother refusing him almost as often, I take the moral to be that there is very little point in refusing, since it would only lead to the question being repeated until I agreed to it out of sheer exhaustion.”

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Book:The Darcys of Derbyshire: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
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“I am not surprised. Lizzy, you have grown up without brothers, so you are perhaps unaware that, although we may manage to force a veneer of civility on young boys, they are in truth young savages, and I can attest to that as a former young boy myself." He smiled at her. "Then we send those young savages away to school with other young savages, and we pretend that what occurs at those schools is something other that uncontrolled savagery. Unfortunately, it is precisely that.”

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Book:Mr. Darcy's Refuge: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
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“But I am supposed to travel to the Lakes with my aunt and uncle in June!" Lady Matlock beamed. "All the better! They can collect you at Matlock Park. It is just off the North Road, and we would be delighted if they would break their journey with us." This was beginning to feel like a kidnapping.”

Pride And Prejudice VariationElizabeth BennetLady Matlock
Book:Mr. Darcy's Journey: A Pride & Prejudice Variation
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“Sometimes she wished for someone she could tell about her problems, just to be able to say, ‘I’m in love with a man and I can’t have him.’ But that would only lead to questions she couldn’t answer, so she kept the secret and the pain inside, hoping someday she would no longer feel as if half of her were missing.”

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Book:Man Who Loved Pride and Prejudice: A modern love story with a Jane Austen twist
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