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

Dorothy Parker

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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
Away
Together
Trickled
Nothing
Pane
Like
Drops
Ran
Separate
Window
Days

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