- Do you ever feel like a chess piece yourself? In a game being played against your will. - Do you? - Constantly. I see them leaning in and moving me around the board. - The Duchess and Sir John? - Not just them. Uncle Leopold. The king. I'm sure half the politicians are ready to seize hold of my skirts and drag me from square to square. - Then you had better master the rules of the game until you play it better than they can. - You don't recommend I find a husband to play it for me? - I should find one to play it with you, not for you.
The Young Victoria, Jean-Marc Vallée (2009)











