But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
DOROTHY PARKERLove is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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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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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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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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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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