And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
DOROTHY PARKERThis is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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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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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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