His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker 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.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker You can’t teach an old dogma new tricks.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker The only dependable law of life – everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker There’s a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we shall die! (But, alas, we never do.)
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.
Dorothy ParkerDorothy Parker Life is a journey through the sea between the Islands of birth and success.
AurthurAurthur There are times when god speaks. You might not hear the words, but you’ll see. You’ll see.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai For in the wild I feel the safest where the thorns of the invisible hand can not prick me.
Raha ArazRaha Araz I tried to write you something uplifting but I could only see grey.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados I want to spend the rest of my coffee’s with you.
Jessica PickardJessica Pickard Never again will I give, give myself to those who refuse to see my fire.
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