Constant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
DOROTHY PARKERConstant use had not worn ragged the fabric of their friendship.
DOROTHY PARKERShould they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie.
DOROTHY PARKERThey sicken of the calm who know the storm.
DOROTHY PARKERSaid after she had been seriously ill: The doctors were very brave about it.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you looked for things to make you feel hurt and wretched and unnecessary, you were certain to find them.
DOROTHY PARKERIf you don’t have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
DOROTHY PARKERA girl’s best friend is her mutter.
DOROTHY PARKERIt’s not the tragedies that kill us; it’s the messes.
DOROTHY PARKEROf Orson Welles: It’s like meeting God without dying.
DOROTHY PARKERThe definition of eternity is two people and a ham.
DOROTHY PARKERI’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.
DOROTHY PARKERWriting well is the best revenge.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKERAnd I’ll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
DOROTHY PARKERTake me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.
DOROTHY PARKER