Cafe Society Quotes

“Its magnificence was indescribable, and its magnitude was inconceivable. She felt overwhelmed in the presence of its greatness. Pg 87”
― Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY

“Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).”
― Mona Rodriguez FORTY YEARS IN A DAY

“Why are you perpetuating a childhood you grew up despising?”
― Mona Rodriguez, Forty Years in a Day

“Someone has to unbutton the stuffed shirts of the beau monde.”
― Pamela Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

“Well-functioning cafes make a significant contribution to the mental health of their communities.”
― Donna Goddard, Nanima: Spiritual Fiction

“São vários os orfãos dos cafés. Quem os frequentou e perdeu abrigo, mas, sobretudo, quem busca em vão um domicílio para a sua relação com a cidade.”
― Marina Tavares Dias, Os Cafés de Lisboa

“Someone has to unbutton the stuffed shirts of the beau monde.”
― Pamela L Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

“Oh good, the Algonquin Twit isn’t here.”
― Pamela L Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

“An air of malaise had spread through Café Society and quite acutely in her coterie, friends impatient to find their way to the lightness, their place in the sun. The Great Depression cast shadows on the city. The roar of the Twenties had quieted to a soulful cry of the blues.”
― Pamela L Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale

“I sensed the unsettling aura, the stillness giving way to silent pandemonium of a crowd that could no longer be seen—the nights of posh black-tie parties, laughter and scandal, champagne and cigarettes long since gone.”
― Pamela Hamilton, Lady Be Good: The Life and Times of Dorothy Hale