Brooke Astor Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

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

“'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.”