The Gilded Age (TV Series)
Irresistible Change (2022)
Louisa Jacobson: Marian Brook
Quotes
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Marian Brook : It's odd how some people are forgiven their past misdemeanors, while others, like Mrs. Chamberlain, must pay for them forever.
Tom Raikes : The trick is to find your way into the first group.
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Marian Brook : Mrs. Van Rhijn strongly believes that it is an improper liaison.
Bertha Russell : What proof is there?
Marian Brook : They were in the street together, and she laid her hand on his arm.
Bertha Russell : Is every woman who touches a man's sleeve in the middle of an improper affair?
Marian Brook : My aunt believes that is generally the case when the couple are of a very different rank.
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Agnes Van Rhijn : Oscar has disgraced himself.
Ada Brook : With Mrs. Russell's maid.
Marian Brook : How democratic.
Agnes Van Rhijn : It is no laughing matter. Really.
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Marian Brook : I'm always overwhelmed by Bloomingdale's. There are more items in that one store than there were in the whole of Doylestown.
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Marian Brook : You have one life, Mr. Russell. If you take the wrong path, you will pay the price for many years.
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Ada Brook : Taming electricity is probably the most important innovation of our lifetime.
Agnes Van Rhijn : And is that something to celebrate?
Marian Brook : I think so. I wish I was there. To see Park Row illuminated?
Agnes Van Rhijn : But with what sort of people? Ruffians, thieves, and worse.
Marian Brook : Mrs. Russell's taking a party.
Agnes Van Rhijn : I rest my case.
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Marian Brook : Well, he's friendly with the Rikers now, and the Rockwells, and last week, he dined with Mrs. Randolph.
Agnes Van Rhijn : Do all his friends have names beginning with R?
Marian Brook : I know you think he only mixes with the new people...
Agnes Van Rhijn : Like Mrs. Russell. Another R.