Gentleman Jack Quotes

“There is no reason to assume she was always entirely honest with herself. Embellishment and self-deception are among the pitfalls, if not the prerequisites, of every diary.”
― Angela Steidele, Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist

“From then on, their letters concerned only chemical gases and Armenian grammar.”
― Angela Steidele, Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist