If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
DOROTHY PARKERThat would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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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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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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