They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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The best way to keep children at home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant, and let the air out of the tires.
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
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You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
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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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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
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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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Don’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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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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