The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKERAnd I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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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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Maybe it is only I, but conditions are such these days, that if you use studiously correct grammar, people suspect you of homosexual tendencies.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKER







