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

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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
Columnist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Writer
West End
Monmouth County
New Jersey
Dorothy Rothschild
Dot Rothschild
Dottie Rothschild
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Window
Days
Away
Together
Trickled
Nothing
Pane
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