Flappers Quotes

“Girls had changed. They had liberated themselves from their corsets only to throw themselves at the tyranny of the "diet plan." They were all coltish legs, bound chests and smooth scalps. They no longer whispered behind their hands and hid behind shy glances. They joked and drank, smoked and swore with the boys. Waistlines had slipped, fabrics were thin and morals were thinner.”
― Kate Morton, The House at Riverton

“Scott had learned much about girls when he was courting Zelda: the paradoxical mix of dependency and disdain she felt for her own beauty, the small tragedies and triumphs of her teenage life. In transferring these nuances to Rosalind, he became one of the first writers in post-war America to evoke a complex, modern heroine.”
― Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

“Right away I fell in love with him because he was so good looking. And because he was alone with ten women around him”
― Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

“And when the mood took her to fall for the handsome young lawyer Will Bankhead, she happily threw over the man to whom she was already engaged.”
― Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

“You could make people love you, she discovered, by keeping them entertained.”
― Judith Mackrell, Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

“Cuando acabó la canción, Summer se levantó y saludó con una reverencia. Se oyeron algunos aplausos aislados y después todos volvieron a sus conversaciones. El camarero se acercó restregándose las manos con el trapo.
—¿Ya has tenido bastante?
Summer asintió.
—Siempre quise ser una flapper —dijo en tono trágico.
El camarero sonrió y de detrás de la barra sacó un collar largo de perlas y se lo ofreció.
—Diplomada en flapper. Ahora, por favor, deja que cure mi resaca sin tanto ruido.
Summer levantó el vaso de ginebra en alto a modo de saludo y le tendió la mano.”
― Karen Holmes, Ópalo y Estramonio: La magia de las piedras en una fantasía urbana de #Horizonte (Susurros de Piedra nº 2)