The Magnificent Lives Of Marjorie Post Quotes
"No, people were staring at us because they had no idea who we were—or what we were doing there."
"This was not Battle Creek, some former pioneer outpost where everyone had arrived within the past few decades—a generation or two earlier at most."
"Here, in this leafy and moneyed town just outside of New York City, the sense of belonging had been bred into the local populace not only for their entire lifetimes but for generations prior."
"Why did Papa feel the need to infiltrate this blue-blooded terrain?"
"‘I was hoping you’d be here tonight.’ A young man, tall, appearing slightly older than me, had approached without my noticing."
"Edward Close, the pleasure’s mine. I’m Charles William Post. And this here is my daughter, Miss Marjorie Merriweather Post."
"Oh, Miss Post, then you are the young lady who’s truly in charge, from what I hear?"
"You could maroon this girl alone on a desert island and in a few days, she’d have the grains of sand organized."
"‘Greenwich is a small town,’ Edward Close answered as if he and Papa were old confidants."
"The Posts moving in and then preparing to build the largest home in the area—that was big news for our bored Four Hundred."
"It’s going to be quite a place when it’s done, Mr. Close."
"‘I’m a food man myself,’ Papa declared, thrusting a hand into his pocket."
"I hope I might be so bold as to offer the same to you in return?"
"‘Let me check,’ I said, lifting my card, the entire thing blank. ‘I am not otherwise promised.’"
"For what it’s worth: I favor Grape-Nuts over Kellogg’s Corn Flakes."
"‘That would be wonderful, Mr. Post. Thank you,’ Ed answered, genuine interest lighting his patrician features."
"‘And where was that?’ ‘Battle Creek,’ I answered, aware that it must have sounded like a remote backwater."
"‘Ah yes. Cereal City,’ Ed said, a good-natured grin rippling his features."
"Marjorie, for you, I wasn’t worried about the price."
"As long as I have you, Marjorie Merriweather Post, I’m happy."
"Now, Marjorie, let’s just hold on and get our heads straight for a minute here."
"You are much too valuable a prize for anyone to run in and hurry off with."
"If he is worthy, he will keep. There’s no need to rush up the aisle."
"And now, well…I’m going to be remarrying. Soon."
"You’re a woman now, my dear. You’ve finished school. And I sure am proud of that."
"You know that your mother and I…well, that our lives have gone in different directions."
"If my marriage was to succeed, I would need to put my husband before the Post Cereal Company."
"Before my father’s wishes. Even, it seemed, before my own wishes."
"Come now, Edward Close, you ride, don’t you? You fish? You hunt?"
"In Connecticut, yes. And on Long Island. But there, in Texas…well, I’ve heard about…Aren’t they overrun with all sorts of creatures?"
"What, you’re not some fragile teacup, are you, Ed Close?"
"Come into my study, both of you. I’ll show you the map."
"‘And that’s why it’s got to be our spot,’ Papa declared."
"I’ve got my eye on more than two hundred thousand acres on the frontier right here."
"‘Fort Worth,’ Eddie read the name of the nearest town, pronouncing the words as though listing an unsavory item on a restaurant menu."
"‘Yeah, a fine cattle town. But don’t be thinking about the city,’ Papa said. ‘I’m looking here, to the country.’"
"You’ll manage The Boulders like the business it is—your employees depend on you. You’re in charge."
"‘Your budget is not balanced, Marjorie,’ he said, his voice wooden."
"‘Five cents is the difference between eating supper or going hungry to many a family,’ he said."
"I don’t do anything by half measures, Ned Hutton. You should know that by now."
"I’d offered everything to God that Ned would come back to me."
"I’m mad for you, Marjorie. Was I the only one…the only one who felt it?"
"You are the best of me, and praise be, I am the best of you."
"I don’t think I’ve ever seen you looking this happy."
"I had many lovely things in my life—even if I never had any luck in choosing a husband."
"My wealth would have been a burden on my soul if I did not find ways to share it with others."
"It’s like I’ve stepped into some beautiful Neverland."
"Every time I step into one of your homes, it’s like I’ve stepped into some beautiful Neverland."
"As a nation we’ve got our problems, sure. And we aren’t perfect."
"I believe we could accomplish a lot more good by pulling together rather than tearing one another apart."
"I’ve lived through the First World War—of course, to us it was simply the Great War, because we never imagined anyone would be foolish enough to start another one like it."
"Life took on a certain rhythm, albeit one that moved to a slower beat."
"I planned everything—I had done so all my life."
"This place that had been my bulwark against the torrents of marriage and divorce, scandal and joy."
"I felt for the pair of them, even if I did not agree with them on everything."
"I sat back in my chair, folding my hands in my lap."
"I heard the murmurs as I swept into the theater."
"I realized that I’m getting older and I won’t be here forever."
"I, who had been taught to rise each morning and face the day without a drop of caffeine, was beginning to feel tired."
"Well, thank you, Mr. President, Mrs. Johnson, for coming all this way."
"I’m dating myself here, but I was born not too long after the Civil War."
"The truth was, I was finally beginning to feel the age in my body."
"I was ready to slow my pace and simply enjoy the gifts of my years—my family, my homes, my friends."