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She was pleased to have him come and never sorry to see him go.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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West End
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
Dottie Rothschild
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I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in fact it would be not enough to say, that it was not worth the trouble.
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Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.
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Hell's afloat in lover's tears.
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My own dear love, he is strong and bold And he cares not what comes after. His words ring sweet as a chime of gold, And his eyes are lit with laughter. He is jubilant as a flag unfurled - Oh, a girl, she'd not forget him. My own dear love, he is all my world - And I wish I'd never met him.
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There must be a magnificent disregard of your reader, for if he cannot follow you, there is nothing you can do about it.
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All those writers who write about their own childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine you wouldn't sit in the same room with me.
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It's easier to write about those you hate — just as it's easier to criticize a bad play or a bad book.
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Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.
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If, with the literate, I am Impelled to try an epigram, I never seek to take the credit We all assume that Oscar said it.
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I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.
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It was written without fear and without research.
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The cleverest woman on earth is the biggest fool on earth with a man.
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You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.
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If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.
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All I need is room enough to lay a hat and a few friends.
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