If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. Dorothy Parker More Quotes by Dorothy Parker More Quotes From Dorothy Parker Just begin a story with such a phrase as 'I remember Disraeli - poor old Dizz! - once saying to me, in answer to my poke in the eye,' and you will find me and Morpheus off in a corner, necking. Dorothy Parker phraseseyestories My verses, I cannot say poems. . . . I was following in the exquisite footsteps of Miss Millay, unhappily in my own horrible sneakers. Dorothy Parker sneakershorriblemissing Perhaps it suddenly brought to us the sense of change. Or irresponsibility. But don't forget that, though the people in the twenties seemed like flops, they weren't. Fitzgerald, the rest of them, reckless as they were, drinkers as they were, they worked damn hard and all the time. Dorothy Parker twentiesforgetpeople Civilization is coming to an end, you understand. Dorothy Parker coming-to-an-endendscivilization When I was young and bold and strong, The right was right, the wrong was wrong. With plume on high and flag unfurled, I rode away to right the world. But now I’m old - and good and bad, Are woven in a crazy plaid. I sit and say the world is so, And wise is s/he who lets it go. Dorothy Parker crazystrongwise We were all imitative. We all wandered in after Miss Edna St. Vincent Millay. We were all being dashing and gallant, declaring we weren't virgins, whether we were or not. Dorothy Parker entertainmentmissingart Ah, clear they see and true they say That one shall weep, and one shall stray Dorothy Parker clear Should they whisper false of you, Never trouble to deny; Should the words they say be true, Weep and storm and say they lie. Dorothy Parker stormadvicelying [On being told party guests were ducking for apples:] There, but for a typographical error, is the story of my life. Dorothy Parker appleserrorsparty I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia. Dorothy Parker australiatwoart Now that you've got me right down to it, the only thing I didn't like about The Barrets of Wimplole Street was the play. Dorothy Parker streetsplay People are more than fun than anybody. Dorothy Parker funpeople ...as for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will erase ink. Dorothy Parker taughtinkworld Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much. Dorothy Parker actorsartistknows Her big heart did not, as is so sadly often the case, inhabit a big bosom. Dorothy Parker casesbigsheart [Epitaph:] Involved in a plot. Dorothy Parker epitaphinvolvedplot You don’t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling companion, quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an assistant billiard-maker? Or a private librarian? Or a lady car-washer? Because if you do, I should appreciate your giving me a trial at the job. Any minute now, I am going to become one of the Great Unemployed. I am about to leave literature flat on its face. I don’t want to review books any more. It cuts in too much on my reading. Dorothy Parker readingjobsbook There was nothing separate about her days. Like drops on the window-pane, they ran together and trickled away. Dorothy Parker window-panestogetherwindow My first love was Cinderella, but she ran off with another man. Dorothy Parker first-lovegodmen They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. Dorothy Parker parlor-gamesdoubtfulshould
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