Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
DOROTHY PARKERDon’t feel bad when I die; I’ve been dead for a long time.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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All I say is, nobody has any business to go around looking like a horse and behaving as if it were all right. You don’t catch horses going around looking like people, do you?
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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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Writing well is the best revenge.
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I hate writing, I love having written.
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Money cannot buy health, but I’d settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
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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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Ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon.
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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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Where unwilling dies the rose; buds the new another year.
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Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.
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Time may be a great healer, but it’s a lousy beautician.
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A little bad taste is like a nice dash of paprika.
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I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
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But I don’t give up; I forget why not.
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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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