Quadrille Ruled

Famous quotes containing the words quadrille and/or ruled:

“Most English talk is a quadrille in a sentry-box.”
—Henry James (1843–1916)

“You watched and you saw what happened and in the accumulation of episodes you saw the pattern: Daddy ruled the roost, called the shots, made the money, made the decisions, so you signed up on his side, and fifteen years later when the women’s movement came along with its incendiary manifestos telling you to avoid marriage and motherhood, it was as if somebody put a match to a pile of dry kindling.”
—Anne Taylor Fleming (20th century)