Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
DOROTHY PARKERIf all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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 I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Don’t look at me in that tone of voice.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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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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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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