Ballet Quotes

Wish I could have seen the ballet. I'm sure it would have been a pleasant memory in the trenches.

— I should think a dancer's muscles would be like a strongman.
— Oh, not quite. That's a bit dreadful. We try to combine slenderness with strength.

— The ballet was beautiful.
— Madame didn't think so.
— Well, experts never know — it takes outsiders to know, and I tell you, it was beautiful.
— That certainly proves you're an outsider.

— Good evening, Myra. It's very condescending of you to come here at all!
— She's very unhappy, Madame. Her fiance was called to the front.
— I'm not interested in troop movements.
— She was to be married in the morning.
— Nor in social events.
— Well, the whole world doesn't begin and end with a ballet.
— My world does! And while you are with me, so must your's!