Darcy Quotes - Page 3

• That's the problem with the truth," Darcy said. "Liars and honest men both claim to have it.

  Hugh Howey

  Liars, Men, Honest

  Hugh Howey (2014). “The Wool Trilogy: Wool, Shift, Dust”, p.995, Random House

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• See you just don’t understand women the way I do J.D. They want it all: a career apple martinis financial independence great shoes but at the same time—and this they’ll never admit—they are drawn to patriarchal men who are dominant and controlling. That’s the essence of the Darcy complex. He may be an asshole but he’s an asshole that gets the girl in the end.

  Julie James

  Girl, Men, Apples

  Julie James (2009). “Practice Makes Perfect”, p.151, Penguin

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• I will only add, God bless you.

  Jane Austen

  Add, God Bless You, God Bless

  Jane Austen (2016). “Pride and Prejudice (Fourth Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)”, p.101, W. W. Norton & Company

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• For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the heroine out of the social sphere of the houses and their inhabitants, into a larger, lonelier world where she is free to think: walking articulates both physical and mental freedom.

  Rebecca Solnit

  Pride, Journey, Thinking

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• It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.

  Helen Fielding

  Party, Garden, Tree

  Helen Fielding (2013). “The Bridget Jones Omnibus: The Singleton Years: Bridget Jones's Diary & The Edge of Reason”, p.13, Pan Macmillan

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• I'm fully aware that if I were to change professions tomorrow, become an astronaut and be the first man to land on Mars, the headlines in the newspapers would read: `Mr. Darcy Lands on Mars.

  Colin Firth

  Men, Land, Mars

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• Sport is a passion and out of passion comes love. No point trying to work out why some become heroes and others don't. The chosen ones just go into the pantheon and refuse to fade. Think of Bradman and Les Darcy, Phar Lap and Tommy Corrigan.

  Les Carlyon

  Sports, Hero, Passion

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• But one thing I have to say about Darcy and dating is this: she never blew us off for a guy. She always put her friends first- which is an amazing thing for a high school girl to do.

  Emily Giffin

  Girl, School, Dating

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.29, Macmillan

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• Mr. Darcy began to feel the danger of paying Elizabeth too much attention.

  Jane Austen

  Attention, Too Much, Danger

  Jane Austen (1853). “Pride and Prejudice”, p.50

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