373 Quotes by Dorothy Parker

Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn’t a very good anecdote. I’m better at animal stories.

She will never win him, whose words had shown she feared to lose.

I hate almost all rich people, but I think I’d be darling at it.

Razors pain you; rivers are damp; acids stain you; and drugs cause cramp. Guns aren't lawful; nooses give; gas smells awful; you might as well live.

Lips that taste of tears, they say, Are the best for kissing.

If I didn't care for fun and such, / I'd probably amount too much. / But I shall stay the way I am, / Because I do not give a damn.

A single flow’r he sent me, since we met./ All tenderly his messenger he chose; / Deep-hearted, pure, with scented dew still wet — One perfect rose.

Time wounds all heels.

Four be the things I'd have been better without love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.