And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
DOROTHY PARKERI hate writing, I love having written.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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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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I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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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 hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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A girl’s best friend is her mutter.
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