I hate writing, I love having written.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn’t touch a superlative again with an umbrella.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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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.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
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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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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Now I know the things I know, and I do the things I do; and if you do not like me so, to hell, my love, with you!
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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