Gentleman Jack is a British television series that tells the story of Anne Lister, a 19th-century landowner, diarist, and lesbian. The series is set in the 1830s in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and follows Lister’s life as she navigates her relationships, business dealings, and societal expectations. Created by Sally Wainwright, the show has gained critical acclaim for its portrayal of Lister’s complex character and the historical context in which she lived. Suranne Jones delivers a captivating performance as Anne Lister, and the series has been praised for its compelling storytelling and attention to detail.
“Gentleman Jack” Season 1 Quotes
1- “Everything you see, hear, think, feel, desire in any one moment is all processed and retained in this one lump of stuff inside the skull”
2- ” I’ve flown too near the Sun… and now I crash back to Earth
at Shibden, shabby little Shibden… And my shabby little family.”
3- “it’s hard to shake off some people’s idea that they have the right to… interfere in one’s life.”
4- ” All she needs to do now is realize that the nature of what she feels for me… is love.”
5- “if we want to be happy, we have to risk getting hurt.”
6- Anne Lister: “You think because I’m a woman I’ll be persuaded to take less?”
7- “Mental suffering is just as acute as physical suffering,but of course, we can’t see it in the same way that we can see physical suffering, so we tend to dismiss it.
8- Aunt Anne Lister: I want you to be happy, above all things
9- Anne Lister : I want them to know that I’m not someone who will turn a blind eye or be intimidated, and as soon as I can, I shall get down there myself and deal with them properly, but that’s going to take time.
10- Anne Lister : When the time comes, us landlords must give as good as we get.
11- Marian Lister : However far away my sister goes, however long she’s gone for, she always manages to become the topic of any given conversation
12- Anne Lister : “All she needs to do now is realize that the nature of what she feels for me is love.”
13- Ann Walker: “You made my whole world a little bit brighter that day.”
14- “The brain is the most extraordinary organ. And when you see one,
it’s just meat offal like the rest of our corporeal form.”
15- “We have language. We invent. We analyze. We build cathedrals and cities and society. We write music and poetry. We fall in love. Aren’t we lucky to be alive to have life? Isn’t every tiny moment an inexplicable delight, packed with potential?”
16- Charles Lawton : “Is there no end to Miss Lister’s selflessness?”
17- ” she’ll sack you, and your feet won’t touch the ground.” – Gentleman Jack quotes
18- “Some of the most talented scientific men I’ve ever met are also some of the most profoundly religious.”
19- “what complex and sophisticated beings we are, the more in awe of our creator we become, surely.”
20- “Which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.”
21- ” Giving birth doesn’t always rid one of one’s demons.”
22- Marian Lister : “It’s all well and good being different in York or Paris.”
23- “Love needs language to express itself. At a normal, prosaic level, marriage is a legal agreement that can’t be negotiated by just gazing at someone.”
24- Ann Walker : “If I tell you the truth, you won’t want anything to do with me.”
25- “Nature played a challenging trick on me, didn’t She, putting a bold spirit like mine in this vessel, in which I’m obliged to wear frills and petticoats? Well, I refuse to be cowed by it.”
“Gentleman Jack” Season 2 Quotes
- Anne Lister: “I’ve flown. I’ve been to Paris. I’ve been to Italy. I’ve been to Brussels. And I don’t care what the world thinks of me. I am who I am.”
- Anne Lister: “I’ve taken my fate into my own hands, believe nothing till I tell it to you myself. I know well enough what all of the world will think, but all the world may be wrong.”
- Ann Walker: “I’m not sure if I want to be a lady.”
- Ann Walker: “Because it seems like so much hard work.”
- Anne Lister: “I’m not afraid of the truth. I’m afraid of the lies that people will tell about it.”
- Ann Walker: “I’m afraid of what people will think of me.”
