It’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
DOROTHY PARKERIt’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
More Dorothy Parker Quotes
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[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that’s much too big. All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.
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Friends come and go but I wouldn’t have thought you’d be one of them.
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I don’t mind anything that’s written about me, as long as it’s not true.
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Of Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
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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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Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
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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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And if my heart be scarred and burned, The safer, I, for all I learned.
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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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Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.
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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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I hate writing, I love having written.
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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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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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