The Gilded Age (TV Series)

Irresistible Change (2022)

Louisa Jacobson: Marian Brook

Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Marian Brook : You have one life, Mr. Russell. If you take the wrong path, you will pay the price for many years.

• 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.

• 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.