Barbara Covett
[voiceover, while writing in her diary]
People trust me with their secrets. But who do I trust with mine? You, only you.
Barbara Covett
In this scene
More from Notes on a Scandal
Barbara Covett Here come the local pubescent proles. The future plumbers, shop assistants, and doubtless the odd terrorist too. In the old days, we confiscated cigarettes and wank mags. Now it's knives and crack cocaine. And they call it progress.
Sheba Hart I hadn't been pursued like this for years... I knew it was wrong, and immoral, and completely ridiculous, but, I don't know. I just allowed it to happen.
Barbara Covett The boy is fifteen!
Sheba Hart But he's quite mature for his age!
Barbara Covett Well, that's when you should've stopped it.
Sheba Hart I did! I told him I wouldn't teach him any more. But he refused to accept it, he just kept coming back. It began to feel like our secret, and well, secrets can be... seductive.
Notes on a Scandal
All Notes on a Scandal quotes →
All Notes on a Scandal quotes →