I hate writing, I love having written.
DOROTHY PARKERGenius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
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There is entirely too much charm around, and something must be done to stop it.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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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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You do what you can, and you do it because you should. But all you can do is all you can do.
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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as to know the supply of poppy and mandragora will not run out before the small hours.
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