Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories Women and Femininity Quotes

For some reason, after the day of Marvin Macy's arrival, she put aside her overalls and wore always the red dress she had before this time reserved for Sundays, funerals, and sessions of the court. (Ballad.176)

[...] from a salesman who passed through the town she bought a great bunch of paper roses that looked very real. (Ballad.204)

There was not a grain of modesty about Miss Amelia, and she frequently seemed to forget altogether that there were men in the room. (Ballad.193)