Dorothy Parker

I might repeat...

I might repeat...

I might repeat to myself . . . a list of quotations from minds profound - if I can remember any of the damn...

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They sicken of...

They sicken of...

They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.

Source: Fair Weather, Sunset Gun,...

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You can't teach...

You can't teach...

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.

Source: In The Algonquin Wits, ed. by...

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Brevity is the...

Brevity is the...

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Source: In Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell is...

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This is not...

This is not...

This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

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Byron and Shelley...

Byron and Shelley...

Byron and Shelley and Keats
Were a trio of lyrical treats.


Source: A Pig's-Eye...

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Authors and actors...

Authors and actors...

Authors and actors and artists and such
Never know nothing, and never know much.


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This living, this...

This living, this...

This living, this living, this living
Was never a project of mine.


Source:...

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Misfortune, and recited...

Misfortune, and recited...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and...

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He lies below,...

He lies below,...

He lies below, correct in cypress wood,
And entertains the most exclusive worms.


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Scratch a lover,...

Scratch a lover,...

Scratch a lover, and find a foe.

Source: Ballade of a Great Weariness, Enough Rope,...

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His voice was...

His voice was...

His voice was intimate as the rustle of sheets.

Source: Dusk before...

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If, with the...

If, with the...

If, with the literate, I am
Impelled to try an epigram,
I never seek to take the credit;
We all assume that...

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I had been...

I had been...

I had been fed, in my youth, a lot of old wives' tales about the way men would instantly forsake a beautiful woman to...

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Why is it...

Why is it...

Why is it no one ever sent me yet
One perfect limousine, do you suppose?
Ah no, it's always just my luck to...

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There was nothing...

There was nothing...

There was nothing separate about her days,
Like drops upon a window-pane, they ran
together and trickled away. ....

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Her mind lives...

Her mind lives...

Her mind lives tidily, apart
From cold and noise and pain,
And bolts the door against her heart,
Out wailing...

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She was always...

She was always...

She was always pleased to have him come and
never sorry to see him go.


Source:...

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Every love is...

Every love is...

Every love is the love before
In a duller dress.


Source: Death and Taxes.
--...

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Then if my...

Then if my...

Then if my friendships break and bend,
There's little need to cry
The while I know that every foe
Is faithful...

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