Dorothy Parker on burn
Dorothy Parker115 quotes“And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.”
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker
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Emily BronteEmily Bronte In one consort there sat cruel revenge and rancorous despite, disloyal treason and heart-burning hate.
Edmund SpenserEdmund Spenser Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum?
Christopher MarloweChristopher Marlowe I guess this has been my confusion; where I went wrong. Thinking that love could possibly come as a thing without the burns.
Odd KenOdd Ken I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.
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