Memorable Quotes from Matthew Macfadyen
14 quotesA Dislike for Endearments in Conversation
Mr. Darcy
How are you this evening, my dear?
Elizabeth Bennet
Very well. Only I wish you would not call me "my dear".
Mr. Darcy
Why?
Elizabeth Bennet
Because it's what my father always called my mother when he's cross about something.
Mr. Darcy
What endearments am I allowed?
Elizabeth Bennet
Well let me think..."Lizzy" for everyday, "My Pearl" for Sundays, and..."Goddess Divine", but only on very special occasions.
Mr. Darcy
And...what should I call you when I'm cross? "Mrs. Darcy"?
[Chuckles]
Elizabeth Bennet
No! No. You may only call me "Mrs. Darcy"... when you are completely, perfectly, and incandescently happy.
[Smiling]
Mr. Darcy
How are you this evening... Mrs. Darcy?
[chuckles; kisses her forehead]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[kisses her left cheek]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[kisses her nose]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[kisses her right cheek]
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Darcy
[they kiss]
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Darcy's View on Physical Attraction
Mr. Darcy
Perfectly tolerable, I daresay, but not handsome enough to tempt me.
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Mr. Darcy's Unspoken Longing for Elizabeth
Mr. Darcy
Miss Elizabeth, I have struggled in vain and I can bear it no longer. These past few months have been a torment. I came to Rosings with the single object of seeing you. I had to see you.
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Mr. Darcy's Reflection on His Writing Pace
Mr. Darcy
You are mistaken; I write rather slowly.
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A Gift of Music and Affection
Elizabeth Bennet
And what a beautiful pianoforte!
Georgiana Darcy
My brother gave it to me. He shouldn't have--
Mr. Darcy
Yes, I should've.
Georgiana Darcy
Oh, very well, then.
Mr. Darcy
Easily persuaded, is she not?
Elizabeth Bennet
Your unfortunate brother once had to put up with my playing for a whole evening.
Georgiana Darcy
But he says you play so well!
[looking astonished]
Elizabeth Bennet
Then he has perjured himself most profoundly.
Mr. Darcy
No, I said "played quite well.
Elizabeth Bennet
Oh, "quite well" is not "very well." I'm satisfied.
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Consequences of Betrayal in Love
Mr. Darcy
No, believe me, I didn't mean--
Elizabeth Bennet
If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse. But I have other reasons, you know I have.
Mr. Darcy
What reasons?
Elizabeth Bennet
Do you think anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined, perhaps forever, the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny that you separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to the world for caprice and my sister to derision for disappointed hopes, involving them both in misery of the acutest kind?
Mr. Darcy
I do not deny it.
Elizabeth Bennet
How could you do it?
Mr. Darcy
Because I believed your sister to be indifferent to him.
Elizabeth Bennet
Indifferent?
Mr. Darcy
I watched them most carefully and realized his attachment was deeper than hers.
Elizabeth Bennet
That's because she's shy!
Mr. Darcy
Bingley, too, is modest and was persuaded she didn't feel strongly for him--
Elizabeth Bennet
Because you suggested it!
Mr. Darcy
I did it for his own good!
Elizabeth Bennet
My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me. I suppose you suspect that his fortune had some bearing?
[pauses]
Mr. Darcy
No! I wouldn't do your sister the dishonor, though it was suggested...
Elizabeth Bennet
What was?
Mr. Darcy
It was made perfectly clear that an advantageous marriage...
Elizabeth Bennet
Did my sister give that impression?
Mr. Darcy
No! No. No, there was, however, I have to admit, the matter of your family...
Elizabeth Bennet
Our want of connection? Mr. Bingley didn't seem to vex himself about that--
Mr. Darcy
No, it was more than that.
Elizabeth Bennet
How, sir?
Mr. Darcy
It was the lack of propriety shown by your mother, your three younger sisters, even on occasion your father. Forgive me. You and your sister I must exclude from this.
[pauses]
Elizabeth Bennet
And what about Mr. Wickham?
Mr. Darcy
Mr.. Wickham?
Elizabeth Bennet
What excuse can you give for your behavior towards him?
Mr. Darcy
You take an eager interest in that gentleman's concerns.
Elizabeth Bennet
He told me of his misfortunes.
Mr. Darcy
Oh, yes, his misfortunes have been very great indeed.
Elizabeth Bennet
You ruin his chances and yet you treat him with sarcasm.
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Mr. Darcy on Motives and Interference
Mr. Darcy
You can only have two motives, Caroline, and I would not interfere with either.
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A Declaration of Unwavering Love
Mr. Darcy
You must know, surely you must know, it was all for you. You are too generous to trifle with me. I believe you spoke with my aunt last night, and it has taught me to hope as I'd scarcely allowed myself before. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me forever. If, however, your feelings have changed, I would have to tell you: you have bewitched me, body and soul, and I love... I love... I love you. And I never wish to be parted from you from this day on.
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Social Skills and Personal Growth
Mr. Darcy
I, do not have the talent of conversing easily with people I have never met before.
Elizabeth Bennet
Perhaps you should take your aunt's advice and practice?
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Unrequited Love and Inner Conflict
Mr. Darcy
In vain I have struggled this will not do, allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.
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A Social Invitation in a Drawing Room
Caroline Bingley
Miss Elizabeth, let us take a turn about the room.
Caroline Bingley
It's refreshing, is it not after sitting so long in one attitude?
Elizabeth Bennet
And it is a small kind of accomplishment, I suppose.
Caroline Bingley
Will you not join us, Mr. Darcy?
Mr. Darcy
You can only have two motives, Caroline and I would interfere with either.
Caroline Bingley
What can he mean?
Elizabeth Bennet
Our surest way of disappointing him will be to ask him nothing about it.
Caroline Bingley
But do tell us, Mr. Darcy.
Mr. Darcy
Either you are in each other's confidence and have secret affairs to discuss, or you are conscious that your figures appear to the greatest advantage by walking. If the first, I should get in your way. If the second, I can admire you much better from here.
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A Question of Dancing Preferences
Elizabeth Bennet
Do you dance, Mr. Darcy?
Mr. Darcy
Not if I can help it.
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A Conversation About Desires and Contentment
Oblonsky
Ah— potage aux choux a la Russe! Agafia!— if you opened up in Moscow, l'Angleterre would go out of business. Do you want news of Moscow?
[Agafia comes in with the roast fowl.]
Levin
Of Babylon? No.
Oblonsky
You're right, what do you care? You love the country— you've got it. You love agriculturing, and, Lord knows, you've got it. You love shooting— you’ve got it. You've got everything you want!
Levin
All right, go on, then. Have you stopped stealing bread rolls?
Oblonsky
Ballet girl, oriental type. How can I help it?
Levin
So, nothing new to tell me. How is— how are the Shcherbatskys?
Oblonsky
You mean Kitty.
Levin
I... Is she engaged now?
Oblonsky
No. Vronsky went back to St. Petersburg.
Oblonsky
Kitty will be at Ergoshovo visiting Dolly in the summer. You could...
Levin
Oh yes, as if I had time in the summer! And I've got extra land this year at Kashin for the haymaking.
Oblonsky
Kashin? That’s on the Ergoshovo road, isn't it? Won't you call when Kitty is there?
Levin
Especially not then. I humiliated myself once.
Oblonsky
Damn you, Kostya, you love Kitty and you can't forgive her because, first, you funked it, then you bungled it, then you ran away from an eighteen-year-old girl who was made a fool of by a uniform. It's Kitty I'm sorry for— not you!
Levin
Her heart told her no. Did you come to shoot snipe or criticize me?
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A Request for a Dance
Mr. Darcy
May I have the next dance, Miss Elizabeth?
Elizabeth Bennet
You may.
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