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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

Dorothy Parker

If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Friendship Greatness Happiness Present Writing Young
I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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Man Myself Relationship Requirement Stupidity
You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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Old Teaching Trick Yourself
Women and elephants never forget.
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Animal Forget Funny Woman
Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Appearance Girl Man Wear
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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Death Lying Marriage Passion Promise Time Yourself
They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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Sick Storm
Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Acceptance Leaving Myself
I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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Mindset True Writing
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Fingers Hands Leaving Love Wisdom
Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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Boredom Elegant Manner Right
Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Death God
If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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Care Fun Myself Stay
And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Himself Run Stay
Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Armor Protection Safety Weapon
Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Acceptance Leaving Myself

Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.

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