“I was in Paris once, dressed extremely well, I thought. In silk and ribbons, ringlets in my hair. Very gay. Very ladylike. And even then someone mistook me for a... So no, I'm not a man. I'm a lady. A woman. I'm a lady-woman. I'm a woman.”— Sally Wainwright, Anne Lister, Suranne Jones, imdb.com
“I love you, Mr. Bates. I know it's not ladylike to say it, but I'm not a lady, and I don't pretend to be.”— Brendan Coyle, Brian Percival, Julian Fellowes, Anna Smith, Joanne Froggatt, imdb.com
“Be a lady? Forget it. Ladies don't last a day in the real word. No one's a lady anymore.”— Crystal Woods, amazon.com