How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Chicago.
Quote #4
ROXIE: You can like the life you're living, you can live the life you like. You can even marry Harry and mess around with Ike. And that's good. Isn't it grand? Isn't it great? Isn't it swell? Isn't it fun? But nothing stays.
The Jazz Age society brings with it a new freedom, but at what cost?
Quote #5
BANDLEADER: Let's make the parties longer, let's make the skirts shorter. Let's all go to hell in a fast car and keep it hot!
This is one of the final lines in the movie, and it proves society isn't going to change. It didn't learn any lessons from the Roxie Hart murder trial, and it's going to keep going full-speed ahead.