Bridgerton Quotes

Alfred Debling (about Whistledown): Has she written about you?

Penelope Featherington: She has.

Alfred Debling: And of what did she write?

Penelope Featherington: That I enlisted an eligible male friend to help me find a husband.

Alfred Debling: I say. Well done.

Penelope Featherington: For being a fool?

Alfred Debling: For stepping away from the herd, even though you risked becoming a target. Just like him. (points at deer hunting trophy)

Penelope Featherington: He is dead.

Alfred Debling: True. But at least he got to come to the party.

Penelope Featherington: A rather dull one, if I am honest. Forgive me. I should not have said that.

Alfred Debling: Do not apologize. In fact, I find your frankness immensely refreshing.

Penelope Featherington: I can offer you social contagion in exchange.

Alfred Debling: You must’ve done something truly heinous. I’ve foregone eating the flesh of dead animals, and they barely tolerate me for that great sin.

Alfred Debling: Are you enjoying the party?

Penelope Featherington: Immensely. And yourself?

Alfred Debling: Rather. Besides the fact that I am feeling a little like… well, prey.

Penelope Featherington: So you’ve come to my hiding place. Welcome. Although, typically, only abject failures and social outcasts are allowed.

Alfred Debling: You’ll not take pity on a hunted man?

Penelope Featherington: Unfortunately, I require all pity for myself.

Lady Whistledown: Though other young ladies may scramble for Miss Francesca’s leftovers, they would be wise to remember the higher one flies, the further one has to fall.

Lady Whistledown: Perhaps a return to the shadows is for the best. After all, a small taste of the light can lead to that most dangerous of emotions. Hope. And once hope is lost, a lady may become reckless.