Phyllis McGinley Quote

Cocktail parties... are usually not parties at all but mass ceremonials designed to clear up at one great stroke a wealth of obligations.


Sixpence in Her Shoe (1964)


Cocktail parties... are usually not parties at all but mass ceremonials designed to clear up at one great stroke a wealth of obligations.

Cocktail parties... are usually not parties at all but mass ceremonials designed to clear up at one great stroke a wealth of obligations.

Cocktail parties... are usually not parties at all but mass ceremonials designed to clear up at one great stroke a wealth of obligations.

Cocktail parties... are usually not parties at all but mass ceremonials designed to clear up at one great stroke a wealth of obligations.