Mrs bennet Quotes

My dear Mr. Bennet," said his lady to him one day, "have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?

— Jane Austen

“of his knowledge that the man was Mrs. Bennet’s sister.”

— Jann Rowland

I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.

— Jane Austen

Mr. Bennet's expectations were fully answered. His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped, and he listened to him with the…

— Jane Austen

You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as…

— Jane Austen

“It is doubtful whether Mrs Bennet missed the company of her second daughter, but her husband certainly did. Elizabeth had always been…

— P.D. James

“Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's…

— Jane Austen

“Mama will be pleased to know that her least favourite daughter is to be married." "To her least favourite man in the…

— P.O. Dixon

“If he had had any compassion for me," cried her husband impatiently, "he would not have danced half so much! For God's…

— Jane Austen

Yes, you know enough of my frankness to believe me capable of that. After abusing you so abominably to your face, I…

— Jane Austen

A battle cry" Mr. Bennet said "is a warrior's calling card. Only it does not say 'Good afternoon. I have come for…

— Steve Hockensmith

“I would rather they did not speak of it at all, until I am out of the district." Mrs. Bennet was all…

— Helen Halstead

Well, my dear," said Mr. Bennet, when Elizabeth had read the note aloud, "if your daughter should have a dangerous fit of…

— Jane Austen

“By 1803, therefore, Mrs Bennet could be regarded as a happy woman so far as her nature allowed and had even been…

— P.D. James

“Mary was the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's…

— Jane Austen

“Did you think of anything when Miss Marcy said Scoatney Hall was being re-opened? I thought of the beginning of Pride and…

— Dodie Smith

Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no…

— Jane Austen

“Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject, was sufficient to draw…

— Jane Austen

“Happy for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters. With…

— Jane Austen

“The Longbourn party were the last of all the company to depart, and, by a manoeuvre of Mrs. Bennet, had to wait…

— Jane Austen

“An invitation to dinner was soon afterwards dispatched; and already had Mrs. Bennet planned the courses that were to do credit to…

— Jane Austen