Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
DOROTHY PARKERDon’t look at me in that tone of voice.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
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He is a writer for the ages, the ages of four to eight.
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People ought to be one of two things, young or dead.
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If you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
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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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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.
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Los Angeles: Seventy-two suburbs in search of a city.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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Women and elephants never forget.
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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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I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it’s so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.
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The definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
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Now, look, baby, ‘Union’ is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.
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What ever beauty may be it has for its basis order and for its essence unity Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I’m under the table/After four I’m under my host.
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Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.
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