Debutante Quotes

“Maybe if I'd agreed to do the debutante thing like she wanted. Or taken up pageants instead of riding jump bikes with a bunch of grungy boys. I'd always tell her, why can't I do both? Who says you have to be either smart or pretty, or into girly stuff or sports? Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know?”
― Sarah Dessen

“The way she told it, the English counties are littered with aging spinsters who accidentally displayed a spark of intelligence at a debutante dance and were banished forever from civilized society”
― Michelle Cooper, A Brief History of Montmaray

“Madame Olga began muttering something under her breath in gypsy to the effect of "Fucking debutantes, they do not understand the sacredness of the moment." But everyone in the room just thought this was part of her gypsy spirit chant.”
― Amy Ephron, A Cup of Tea

“Don’t give in to him at all. Deny yourself. Because then your eyes will not be clouded by a madness that you cannot control, and then you will be able to learn to see him as he is.”
― Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

“Deve ser bom demaaaais cê se olhar no espelho, e cê saber que cê é bonita, né?”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Debutante - A Peça

“Que isso, pai, mas [a música] 'Senta Na Piroca' é um clássico!”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Debutante - A Peça

“Que arrependimento, cara. Que arrependimento. [Pausa.] De quê, gente? Fiz nada. Pode ser feliz mais não?”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Debutante - A Peça

“Pra cada porta que abre, duas se fecham, já dizia meu pai.”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Debutante - A Peça

“Os olhos são uma porta para a alma, a bebida tam'ém. Comé que é?, 'o álcool entra e a dignidade sai'? Não... 'O álcool antes de matar, ele humilha.' É...”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Debutante - A Peça

“Agora é ir, mi'a filha. Ir atrás do que é seu de verdade. E foda-se todo mundo.”
― Bernardo E. Lopes, Debutante - A Peça

“Every season produces some girl that the men follow with their eyes, and which other poor things want to emulate. They dissect her style, how she handles a fan, her walk, her slippers. The entitled nobility is a small group, well known to each other, desperate for novelty, always seeking someone they can either venerate or destroy. Still, while we thought ourselves wise and experienced, none of us were ready for Minette.”
― Byrd Nash, Delicious Death