They tire of quiet, that have known the storm
DOROTHY PARKERMisfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can’t say ‘No’ in any of them.
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You can lead a horticulture, but you can’t make her think.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
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The best way to avoid a hangover is to stay drunk.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
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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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It turns out that, at social gatherings, as a source of entertainment, conviviality, and good fun, I rank somewhere between a sprig of parsley and a single ice-skate.
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Writing is the art of applying the ass to the seat.
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I don’t know much about being a millionaire, but I’ll bet I’d be darling at it.
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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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I hate writing, I love having written.
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If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?
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Ducking for apples — change one letter and it’s the story of my life.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way; I’ll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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