“The Rose” quotes

“What are we ladies? What are we? We are waitresses at the banquet of life! Get into that kitchen and rattle them pots and pans - and you better look pretty good doin' it too, 'else you gonna lose you good thing. And why do we do that, I'll tell you why we do that? We do that to find love - Oh I love to be in love - don't you love to be in love?”
Bette Midler - Mary Rose Foster

The women are getting nasty. So what do you do when he comes home with the smell of another woman on him? Do you say, "Oh honey, let me open up my loving arms and my loving legs. Dive right in, baby, the water is fine?". Is that what you say, girls? Or do you say, "Fuck this shit! I've had enough of you, you asshole! Pack your bags. I'm putting... (continue)(continue reading)
Bette Midler - Mary Rose Foster

“Ain't it just grand layin' there late at night in your bed, waitin' for your man to show up? And when he finally does, at oh about 4 o'clock in the mornin', with whiskey on his breath, and the smell of another woman on his person... Oh honey, I can smell another woman at 500 paces. That's a easy one to catch.”

Bette Midler - Mary Rose Foster