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About Dorothy Parker

Dorothy Parker was a 19th-century American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist. Dorothy Parker was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Experience — Learning through living, doing, and facing the world
  • Inspirational — Uplifting words to motivate and inspire positive action

More quotes by Dorothy Parker

“By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.”
— Dorothy Parker
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“In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To he...”
— Dorothy Parker
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“ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things I'd been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:En...”
— Dorothy Parker
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“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to s...”
— Dorothy Parker
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“I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he c...”
— Dorothy Parker
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“Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.”
— Dorothy Parker
love
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