Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
DOROTHY PARKERHis voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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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 hate writing, I love having written.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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If you wear a short enough skirt, the party will come to you.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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The only useful thing I ever learned in school was that if you spit on your eraser it erased ink.
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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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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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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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