Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
DOROTHY PARKERPeople ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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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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Writing well is the best revenge.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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There’s life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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