30s Quotes

“BERNARDA.— Las mujeres en la iglesia no deben mirar más hombre que al oficiante, y a ése porque tiene faldas. Volver la cabeza es buscar el calor de la pana.
MUJER 1.— (En voz baja) ¡Vieja lagarta recocida!
LA PONCIA.— (Entre dientes) ¡Sarmentosa por calentura de varón!
BERNARDA.— (Dando un golpe de bastón en el suelo) ¡Alabado sea Dios!
TODAS.— (Santiguándose) Sea por siempre bendito y alabado.”
― Federico García Lorca, La casa de Bernarda Alba

“Parts of my 20s and 30s have gone by in a flash but my childhood is with me all the time.”
― Sara Sheridan

“You’re doing your 30s right if creating wealth gives you more happiness than enjoying wealth.”
― Nitya Prakash

“So the smells I associate with the Elders are freshly cut garden flower arrangements- roses, lilac and endless sweet peas and the fougère hints of random greenery lavishly added to the vases, in the Constance Spry style.
Also, modest shop-bought flowers, particularly daffodils, tulips and freesias, which are such an economical way to brighten a room for that thrifty generation.

My scents for the elders are:
Lavender by Yardley
Blue Grass by Elizabeth Arden
Rose in Wonderland by Atkinsons
Femme by Rochas
Ostara by Penhaligon's
Tweed by Lenthéric (A mention of this elicited a big response at the event; it seemed all the women had worn it at some time and had happy associations with it. I do wish they would re-release it in the original tweed-fabric effect box.)

The men in this age group are the last of the true British gentlemen, so especially for them:

Old Spice
St Johns Bay Rum by St Johns Fragrance Company
Royal Mayfair by Creed”
― Maggie Alderson, The Scent of You