That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.
DOROTHY PARKERShould they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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 woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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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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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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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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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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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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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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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There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
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I know this will come as a shock to you, Mr. Goldwyn, but in all history, which has held billions and billions of human beings, not a single one ever had a happy ending.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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