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.
DOROTHY PARKERIf all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn’t be at all surprised.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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They sicken of the calm who know the storm.
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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Writing well is the best revenge.
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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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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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This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.
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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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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
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