I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
DOROTHY PARKERThey tire of quiet, that have known the storm
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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