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She will never win him, whose words had shown she feared to lose.
Dorothy Parker
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Dorothy Parker
Age: 73 †
Born: 1893
Born: August 22
Died: 1967
Died: June 7
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[On an actor who'd broken her leg in London:] Oh, how terrible. She must have done it sliding down a barrister.
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[At the reception following her remarriage to Alan Campbell:] People who haven't talked to each other in years are on speaking terms again today - including the bride and groom.
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Money is only congealed snow.
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All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.
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The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.
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Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
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Oh, seek, my love, your newer way I'll not be left in sorrow. So long as I have yesterday, Go take your damned tomorrow!
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It costs me never a stab nor squirm / To tread by chance upon a worm. / Aha, my little dear, / I say, Your clan will pay me back one day.
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[To the British actor who annoyed her by repeated references to his busy 'shedule':] I think you're full of skit.
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