Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
DOROTHY PARKERIt 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.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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