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1 " Because he has never forgiven himself any fault, he can forgive no one else's. "
― Linda Berdoll , Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife: Pride and Prejudice Continues (Darcy & Elizabeth, #1)
2 " Sagacity did not magically arrive with age. As his family grew, so did his affections. The deeper he loved, the more easily he was injured. His heart had not become reinforced. It had softened--and ripened. It was a larger target and far more easily rent. "
― Linda Berdoll , The Darcys: New Pleasures (Darcy & Elizabeth, #4)
3 " Expectations placed low enough are rarely disappointed. "
4 " Indignation overruled introspection. "
5 " There is no hint too broad for a woman of little tact. "
6 " His uncaring mother did not alert him to the intrinsic nature of maternal love. It was keen as it was strong, and it's memory razor sharp. "
7 " Once an excuse has been deployed, brutal honesty is no longer an option. "
8 " What is that admonition about not attempting to teach a pig to sing? It wastes your time and annoys the pig. "
9 " He suddenly understood that power and pleasure were keenly entwined. One could succumb to such power. It corrupts the foolish and tests the resolute. "
10 " It is accepted that Father Time is, as subscribed, a Man, if not of male gender, time certainly is no kind friend to women. "
11 " He purchased that great canvas also bearing the likeness to his beloved, for he could not bear another to look upon what he dreamed each night...but as he now had enjoyed the quite singular pleasure of his wife's true form revealed to him, he knew he would have [it] returned... At one time he had thought it quite impossible, but now he understood how truly inadequate the vision cast by his mind's eye had been. "
12 " That in and of itself was scandalous, for any well brought up young woman was taught first and foremost that curiosity not only killed the cat, had she been a female feline, she had it coming. "
― Linda Berdoll , Darcy & Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberley (Darcy & Elizabeth, #2)
13 " You cannot always have what you want.Sometimes you get what you need. "
14 " It was reassuring to know exactly where one stood. That one stood at the end of the line was not pertinent. At least there was a line in which to subsist. "
― Linda Berdoll
15 " Nothing favourable comes from speculation. "
― Linda Berdoll , The Darcys: The Ruling Passion (Darcy & Elizabeth, #3)
16 " Pride is a curious thing--- a paradox, really. It makes great fools of some men and saves the honour of others. "
17 " I took love before. It was not until I met you that I gave love. "
18 " filial "
― Linda Berdoll , Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Sequel Bundle: 3 Reader Favorites
19 " He remained blind, however when it came to his wife's fitness. This was not because of poor eyesight, but despite it. He saw his dearest, loveliest Elizabeth as he beheld her decades before--- fetching and vigorous. "
20 " What alteration was ever fot the better? Change meant loss. "
