PRIDE and PREJUDICE

I have been absolutely OBSESSED with Pride and Prejudice this last month. Jane Austen is a GENIUS. Seriously. There has never bee a book that has tugged on my heart strings more (well, except maybe Twilight). Mr. Darcy has got to be the most loving character ever. The love that he feels for Elizabeth Bennett is so beautiful and real and deep...AAH, I just can't get enough of it! Yes, I am aware that it is just a book. Elizabeth's character and wit makes the book SO enjoyable to read. Oh, I just LOVE IT!

For your enjoyment, here are some of my favorite quotes from the book...

*It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.

*Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance...it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.

*I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.

*Those who do not complain are never pitied.

*Stupid men are the only ones oth knowing after all.

*In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings for you will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.

*She was convinced that she could have been happy with him, when it was no longer likely they should meet.

*...but to her own more extensive information, he was the person to whom the whole family were indebted for the first of benefits, and whom she regarded herself with an interest, if not quite so tender, at least as reasonable and just, as what Jane felt for Bingley.

*If you will thank me, let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force to other inducements which led me on, I shall not tempt to deny. But your family owe me nothing. Much as I respect them, I believe I thought only of you.

*You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.

*I do, I do like him. I love him. Indeed he has no improper pride. He is perfectly amiable. You do not know what he really is; then pray do not pain me by speaking of him in such terms.

I honestly cannot get enough of this story...the book and the A&E Pride and Prejudice television movie. Oh, it is AMAZING! I have never seen a movie that is based on a book that sticks so well to the story. Yes, it is 5 hours long (and yes, I did watch it twice in one weekend), but i would recommend it to anyone and everyone! If you want someone to watch it with, you know who it call! =)