Quotes About Mainliners

I'm driving home to change, Win said. Then I'm dining at Merion. Mainliners never ate; they dined. Care to join me?

They were such a sweet and gentle couple. "Can we make you a cup of tea?" Nothing that you think about "junkies." It was all very civilized. Sometimes I'd go to the cottage and—because they were mainliners—say, "Penny, is Steve still alive?" "I think so, darling. Anyway, have a cup of tea and then we'll wake him up.