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.
DOROTHY PARKERI don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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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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It was written without fear and without research.
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Vice is nice, but liquor is quicker.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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If I didn’t care for fun and such, I’d probably amount to much. But I shall stay the way I am, Because I do not give a damn.
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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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The Monte Carlo casino refused to admit me until I was properly dressed so I went and found my stockings, and then came back and lost my shirt.
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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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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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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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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.
DOROTHY PARKER