American Horror Story: Coven Quotes
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Source: American Horror Story: Coven
Speaker: Delphine LaLaurie
It's this century. It still does perplex me so.
Context
This line is spoken by Delphine LaLaurie, played by Kathy Bates, in the TV show American Horror Story: Coven (2013).
Madame LaLaurie was a real-life socialite who murdered and tortured her slaves. Yikes. In Coven, she is brought back to life almost 200 years after her death and modern life confuses her. Television. Drive-throughs. No more slavery. It's hard out there for an immortal white racist.
Where you've heard it
You've heard this when your friends realize they're old, like when trying to learn how to use Snapchat.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Chances are it's your problem for not keeping up, not the world's for moving too fast. Unless you've been dead two centuries, you don't have an excuse.