People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
DOROTHY PARKERThe only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
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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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Quick!! Act as if nothing has happened!
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Women and elephants never forget.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.
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