Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do; for I shall not have my best warrior resigned to the service of a man who is fatter than Buddha and duller than the edge of a learning sword.

Thank you, sir, but I am perfectly content being the bride of death.

If you write really good material, the rest just falls into place. There's really no trick to it.

However, it has long been said that "my enemy's enemy is my friend.

I feel rather like a rabbit that has taken a fox for its pupil.

Real power... comes not from hate, but from truth.

There are but two types of men who desire war: those who haven’t the slightest intention of fighting it themselves, and those who haven’t the slightest idea what it is. … Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.