They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
DOROTHY PARKERPeople ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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