I'm ruined beyond repair, is what I fear... And if so, in time we'd both be wretched and bitter." "I know people can be mended. Not all, and some more immediately than others. But some can be. I don't see why not you." "Why not me?

Charles Frazier
About This Quote

In this quote, Elizabeth Bennet is talking to Mr. Darcy. In this conversation, they are trying to come to an understanding with each other after having been rivals for a long time. In the end of the quote, she says that she doesn't see why not Mr.

Darcy can be mended. This means that they can still build a friendship and become friends again after what happened in the past with their rivalry for a long time.

Source: Cold Mountain

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