Brooke Astor

“I had a job; I was, during the war, a nurse, a 'Gray Lady.' We wore a veil and a gray dress.”

“I love the Park. I like to walk on the East River, too, up at Gracie Square, but Central Park is my favorite part of the city.”

“'21' was the place, and you went down, and they opened the door. They had a little slit they'd look through, and then you'd murmur the password or whatever it was you had, showed a little ticket, and if they remembered who you were, you went in.”