Quotes by Dorothy Parker

“Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship.”

“Relationships are like glass. Sometimes its better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.”

“Every loves the love before in a duller dress”

By the time you swear youre his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.

In youth, it was a way I had,To do my best to please.And change, with every passing ladTo suit his theories.But now I know the things I knowAnd do the things I do,And if you do not like me so,To hell, my love, with you.

ur be the things I am wiser to know:Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.Four be the things Id been better without:Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.Three be the things I shall never attain:Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.Three be the things I shall have till I die:Laughter and hope and a sock in the eye.

I wont telephone him. Ill never telephone him again as long as I live. Hell rot in hell, before Ill call him up. You dont have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows Im waiting here. Hes so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

The suns gone dim, and the moons gone black. For I loved him, and he didnt love back.

And if my heart be scarred and burned,The safer, I, for all I learned.

It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.

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

Heterosexuality is not normal, its just common.

Dont look at me in that tone of voice.

I dont know much about being a millionaire, but Ill bet Id be darling at it.

I like to have a martini,Two at the very most.After three Im under the table,after four Im under my host.

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

That woman speaks eighteen languages, and cant say No in any of them.