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InspiredUs: "They sicken of the calm, those who knew the storm."- Dorothy Parker

iwakkoi_center: Never grow a wishbone where your backbone ought to be. - Dorothy Parker

etunner: Sweet Violets You are brief and frail and blue— Little sisters, I am, too. You are Heaven’s masterpieces— Little loves, the likeness ceases. Dorothy Parker j

LandmarkWest: Before she became a prolific author, Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)lived with her father on the UWS, at 214 West 72nd Street and 310 West 80th Street. Despite her unhappy formative years, she became one of America’s best-known writers and founding member of the Algonquin Round Table.

kar41288: tomorrow's gone-we'll have tonight!,Dorothy Parker, The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker,live, quip, tonight, wordplay,

CHARLES71259981: If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.,Dorothy Parker, While Rome Burns,classic-insult, harvard, humor, innuendo, naughty, yale,

ch31776: That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.,Dorothy Parker,epitaph, humor, the-new-yorker,

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knifegunpen: I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true. — Dorothy Parker

rgodfrey: A caustic rhyme away from a Robo Dorothy Parker epigram, I suppose. You guys work on it.

philistella: Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song, A medley of extemporanea; And love is a thing that can never go wrong; And I am Marie of Roumania. - Dorothy Parker

Deserve: Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away. - Dorothy Parker

MagDods: “Other people are invited to all sorts of entertaining affairs; the Good Soul, unasked, waves them a cheery good-bye and hopes wistfully that they will have a good time.” Dorothy Parker

marblefeet: This one is my favourite. ChatGPT describes a cat in the style of Dorothy Parker

Softapocalypses: Here is a poem from Dorothy Parker’s book Enough Rope called a Very Short Song. Enjoy!

RichardMorrison: As Dorothy Parker once said, "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."

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wisdom2inspire_: "They sicken of the calm, those who knew the storm." Dorothy Parker

shabierja: “They sicken of the calm who know the storm.” ~ Dorothy Parker

Gunner_Vitale: "If all the girls attending [the Yale prom] were laid end-to-end, I wouldn't be at all surprised." - Dorothy Parker

trixieedgewood: Distance by Dorothy Parker Were you to cross the world, my dear,   To work or love or fight, I could be calm and wistful here,   And close my eyes at night. It were a sweet and gallant pain   To be a sea apart; But, oh, to have you down the lane   Is bitter to my heart.

RichardAbowitz: Just learned Dorothy Parker wrote the Bing Crosby and Billie Holliday song, "I wished on the Moon." It must be via Broadway songs to jazz standards route--though I have not looked it up. But the lyrics sound nothing like Parker's writing. Were the words edited to play nice?

adogiaq: PRINCE - Dorothy Parker live

VivieVAdorned: Actress Gloria Stuart, image from 1933. "In June 1936, she helped...form the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League. That same year she and writer Dorothy Parker helped create the League to Support the Spanish Civil War Orphans."

knifegunpen: I'd like to have money. And I'd like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that's too adorable, I'd rather have money. — Dorothy Parker

poemless: Vodka tonic, popcorn, pajamas, 80s College Radio night on Transmission, and the Libido issue of Dorothy Parker's Ashes.

k0e1i2ma: “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”~ Dorothy Parker

WNBASFChapter: Libido — Dorothy Parker's Ashes

janemerrow: "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." Dorothy Parker

truefactsbot: "[He] will always land on somebody else’s feet." DOROTHY PARKER

katelynparmer71: Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away. —Dorothy Rothschild Parker

CosmicMetronome: Prince - Ballad of Dorothy Parker(live)

thecolumbian: YAKIMA — Michael and Dorothy Nickoloff’s killers will be released from state prison in five years, a Yakima County Superior Court judge ruled. Read more...

cynp1219: Dorothy Parker dismissive of her own talents, deplored her reputation as a "wisecracker." Nevertheless, both her literary output and reputation for sharp wit have endured.

welfordwrites: Don't look at me in that tone of voice. Dorothy Parker

jlineback: The text in the image for the quote says, “The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.’’ Dorothy Parker.

DrCaveatLector: To paraphrase Dorothy Parker, this makes me want to Fwow up.

litdeathmatch: Will be shouting out Dorothy Parker tonight at LDM Melbourne. Here's a gem for those that can't make it.

dogmeatsfood: "Eternity is a turkey and four people" Dorothy Parker (maybe)

katecac: Facebook decided Dorothy Parker quotes are for me. Facebook is wrong.

krismohan: If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.—Dorothy Parker

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welfordwrites: A hangover is the wrath of grapes. Dorothy Parker



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