Pride & Prejudice: Key Quotations

Below is a list of all of the quotations we have covered organised by character and theme:

Social Class and Marriage

Elizabeth Bennet:

• "There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well." Mr Darcy:

• "My good opinion once lost, is lost forever." Mr Bingley:

• "But with such a father and mother... I am afraid there is no chance of it." Mr Collins:

• "My reasons for marrying are... to set the example of matrimony in his parish." Lady Catherine de Bourgh:

• "Are the shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?"

Love and Relationships

Elizabeth Bennet:

• "Till this moment I never knew myself." Mr Darcy:

• "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Jane Bennet:

• "I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!" Mr Collins:

• "When I do myself the honour of speaking to you next on the subject, I shall hope to receive a more favourable answer."

Family and Society

Mr Bennet:

• "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours?" Mrs Bennet:

• "The business of her life was to get her daughters married." Lydia Bennet:

• "What a good joke it will be!" Lady Catherine de Bourgh:

• "I am most seriously displeased."