Dorothy Rothschild Parker
Dorothy Rothschild Parker
Dorothy Parkerwas an American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks and eye for 20th-century urban foibles...
against bolts cold door lives mind noise
Her mind lives tidily, apart/ From cold and noise and pain,/ And bolts the door against her heart,/ Out wailing in the rain.
ah luck perfect sent
Why is it no one ever sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose.
dress love
Every love's the love before in a duller dress
great lightly novel
This novel is not to be tossed lightly aside, but to be hurled with great force.
good hope rather
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.
girls glasses men passes seldom wear
Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses
emotions runs
She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B
buy cannot money settle
Money cannot buy health, but I'd settle for a diamond-studded wheelchair.
clutch darts fingers leave love open
Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it, and it darts away.
scratch
Scratch an actor and you'll find an actress.
eight languages speaks woman
That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.
break fawn heart men
Some men break your heart in two,/ Some men fawn and flatter,/ Some men never look at you;/ And that cleans up the matter.
Look at him, a rhinestone in the rough.
best lips taste
Lips that taste of tears, they say/ Are the best for kissing.