And I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
DOROTHY PARKERSaid after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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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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If you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Telegram to a friend who had just become a mother after a prolonged pregnancy: Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Said after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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[On the ringing of her doorbell or telephone:] What fresh hell is this?
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.
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If all the young ladies who attended the Yale promenade dance were laid end to end, no one would be the least surprised.
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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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If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
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Most good women are hidden treasures who are only safe because nobody looks for them.
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