The broader the topic, the easier it is, not only to fill a book, but to set the bar pretty high for really great stuff.
Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows.
When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died.
The undue influence of money on our politics is like a cancer underlying other cancers, the issue underlying all other issues.
Mr. Darcy: I love you. Most ardently. Please do me the honor of accepting my hand. Elizabeth Bennet: Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. Believe me, it was unconsciously done. Mr. Darcy: ...
Norrington: You forget your place, Turner. Will Turner: It's right here. Between you and Jack. Elizabeth: As is mine. Governor Swann: Elizabeth. Lower your weapons. For goodness sake, put them down. Norrington: So, this is where your heart truly lies...
Ambivalence about family responsibilities has a long history in the corporate world.
I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history.
I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a beginner.
I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.
Lady Catherine de Bourg: Now tell me once and for all: Are you engaged to him? Elizabeth Bennet: I am not. Lady Catherine de Bourg: And will you promise never to enter into such an engagement? Elizabeth Bennet: I will not and I certainly never shall....
Movies can be instruments of enlightenment.
One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do.
I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?
Elizabeth: [Elizabeth and Jack have just been rescued from the rumrunners' island] But we've got to save Will! Governor Swann: No! You're safe now. We will return to Port Royal immediately, not go gallivating after pirates! Elizabeth: Then we comdemn...
Elizabeth Bennet: He's been a fool about so many things, about Jane, and others... but then, so have I. You see, he and I are so similar. [starts laughing helplessly] Elizabeth Bennet: We've been nonsensical! Papa, I... Mr. Bennet: [also starts laugh...
Elizabeth Bennet: Kitty! Lydi! What have I told you about listening at the door! Lydia Bennet: Shh! Nevermind that! It's Mr. Bingley, right from the North! [Kitty is incoherent] Lydia Bennet: Five thousand a year! Elizabeth Bennet: Really? Lydia Benn...
I am the scourge of God
No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother.
I suppose one has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.
