I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Why, after all, should readers never be harrowed? Surely there is enough happiness in life without having to go to books for… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
[On being shown an apartment by a real estate agent:] Oh, dear, that's much too big. All I need is room enough… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
[To woman bragging about having kept her husband for seven years:] Don't worry, if you keep him long enough, he'll come back… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I know that an author must be brave enough to chop away clinging tentacles of good taste for the sake of a… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There's little in taking or giving, There's little in water or wine: This living, this living, this living, Was never a project of mine.… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Hollywood is the one place on earth where you could die of encouragement. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
“The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
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