His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
DOROTHY PARKERThe cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this — One of you is lying.
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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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