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Quotes About Elizabeth

Elizabeth Bennett had been obliged, by the scarcity of gentlemen, to sit down for two dances; and during part of that time, Mr. Darcy had been standing near enough (some twenty yards away -- well within the reach of her extraordinary ears) for her to hear a conversation between him and Mr. Bingley...
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
As Mr. Darcy walked off, Elizabeth felt her blood turn cold. She had never in her life been so insulted. The warrior code demanded she avenge her honour. Elizabeth reached down to her ankle, taking care not to draw attention. There, her hand met the dagger concealed beneath her dress. She meant to follow this proud Mr. Darcy outside and open his throat. But
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
for he saw in Elizabeth's eyes a kind of darkness; a kind of absence-as if her soul had taken leave, so that compassion and warmth could not interfere.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
Mr. Darcy approached them soon afterwards. Elizabeth turned to him and said, "Did you not think, Mr. Darcy, that I expressed myself uncommonly well just now, when I was teasing Colonel Forster to give us a ball at Meryton?" "With great energy; but balls are always a subject which makes a lady energetic.
~ Seth Grahame-Smith
Elizabeth had told him all about her life at home, her dreams of a home of her own in which family ties would be close, in which love would be the ruling spirit.
~ Mary Balogh
You are a remarkably attractive woman, Elizabeth, and six years has been a long time. I should not say no to an invitation to your bed.
~ Mary Balogh
Good-bye, Elizabeth, he said. I wish things might have been different for you and me.
~ Mary Balogh
Elizabeth also wept, and was unhappy; but her's also was the misery of innocence, which, like a cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides, but cannot tarnish its brightness.
~ Mary Shelley
During the day I was sustained and inspirited by the hope of night: for in sleep I saw my friends, my wife, and my beloved country; again I saw the benevolent countenance of my father, heard the silver tones of my Elizabeth's voice, and beheld Clerval enjoying health and
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Then Elizabeth moaned and said, "Mountain of God, receive a mother with her child." For Elizabeth was not able to climb the mountain. And straight away the mountain split open and received her. And the mountain was shining a light on her, for an angel of the Lord was with them, protecting them.
~ Bart D. Ehrman
She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.
~ Paul McCartney
I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.
~ Elizabeth George
I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.
~ Elizabeth Olsen
Death forerunneth Love to win "Sweetest eyes were ever seen."
~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: That I have reigned with your loves.
~ Elizabeth I
I love to be casual and comfortable, but I also love the easy glamour of wearing jewelry all the time.
~ Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth puts her hands on her hips. Elizabeth has shoulder-length brown hair that looks as if it has been cut with a straight razor and a mouth that could have done the cutting. Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged; that is, she is a sales representative. If Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye. 'Do you want to ask me a question, Roger? Do you want to ask if I took your donut?
~ Max Barry
If Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.
~ Max Barry
The Queen, in love with love, returned her royal consent. [allowing newlyweds to honeymoon in private instead of appearing at Court to Queen Elizabeth I]
~ Bertrice Small
with her through an angel that someone nearby could relate. The two women had one important predicament in common—questionable pregnancies, sure to stir up some talk. Elizabeth hadn't been out of the house in months. It
~ Beth Moore
There are certain historical figures of such importance that we need to know everything about them, which is why books about Napoleon, Lincoln, Julius Caesar, Joan of Arc, Queen Elizabeth I, and the great religious founders continue to proliferate; these lives require constant reevaluation and interpretation.
~ Robert Gottlieb
Elizabeth A. Johnson explains that including divine female symbols and images not only challenges the dominance of male images but also calls into question the structure of patriarchy itself.
~ Sue Monk Kidd
For the love of God, woman, there's only one rule in that bloody book worth following.' 'And that is?' Elizabeth asked disdainfully. 'That you marry your damned marquis!
~ Julia Quinn
A misunderstanding?" Elizabeth echoed. "With an anvil?" "Oh, stop," Harriet admonished her. "I think he looks very dashing." "As if he dashed into an anvil.
~ Julia Quinn