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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.

Dorothy Parker

The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKER

Food Forever People
They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
DOROTHY PARKER

Quiet Storm
This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
DOROTHY PARKER

Book Force Funny Greatness Light
If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
DOROTHY PARKER

Dance End Surprise Woman Young
I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
DOROTHY PARKER

Mindset True Writing
There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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Around Charm Done Stop
They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
DOROTHY PARKER

Sick Storm
If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
DOROTHY PARKER

Company Myself Talk Yourself
What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
DOROTHY PARKER

Beautiful Clean Deep Order Skin Ugly
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
DOROTHY PARKER

Fingers Hands Leaving Love Wisdom
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 PARKER

Death Lying Marriage Passion Promise Time Yourself
Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
DOROTHY PARKER

Change Funny Life Myself Oneself Sex Story
It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
DOROTHY PARKER

Entertainment Fun Goodness Myself
I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
DOROTHY PARKER

Change Myself Word Writing
Writing well is the best revenge.
DOROTHY PARKER

One Liner Revenge Writing
Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Identity Normal Popular

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