“The Age of Innocence” quotes

Plot – Newland Archer is a young lawyer who has never questioned the world he lives in, nor his girlfriend May Welland, until he meets Ellen Olenska, an intelligent and educated countess who inspires a sense of exoticism and spontaneity at the same time. She's a distant relative of May too and has been raised by her mother, aunts and grandmother to become the ideal woman according to the society, which she represents perfectly indeed. Newland becomes first Ellen's defender, as she's considered a questionable woman due to the separation from her husband, then between them arises a strong feeling. While Ellen refuses to be the cause of Newland and May's engagement's break up, the man must choose wether to break the strict social rules to follow his passions or to lose his security and prestige.