Doctor Jenner Quotes in Mrs Brown (1997)

Queen Victoria: I have noticed of late that my feelings of grief are not so strong, and I find myself leaning more on the comfort of living friends. Friends close to me now.

Doctor Jenner: Your Majesty, a settled resignation is more lasting proof of affection than active grief. If the Good Lord sees fit to bring one into contact with congenial fellow beings, one need not analyze one's reaction too deeply. To allow oneself to be comforted by someone else need not imply disloyalty to the memory of the loved one.

[last lines]

Doctor Jenner: [about John Brown] Cause of death was pneumonia.

Henry Ponsonby: Not too protracted, I hope.

Doctor Jenner: A few days. When he heard, the Prince of Wales threw the bust over the wall of the north tower. Took four hours to gather the fragments.

Henry Ponsonby: Queen wishes to publish an account of him.

Doctor Jenner: Dear, oh, dear.

Henry Ponsonby: We think she can be dissuaded. Have you had a glance at the diary?

Doctor Jenner: Yes.

Henry Ponsonby: Quite. I think I best take it back.

Doctor Jenner: Oh, of course.

[hands it to him]

Doctor Jenner: Where did you find it, by the way?

Henry Ponsonby: Oh, some young Page was boasting about having seen it. Lucky.

Doctor Jenner: [chuckles] Well, no rest for the wicked, Henry.

Henry Ponsonby: [walking away with the diary] No. Indeed...