Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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Bewildered is the fox who lives to find that grapes beyond reach can be really sour.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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The writer’s way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning out ferryboats?
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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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 don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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