Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
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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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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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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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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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 only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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