Quote #25

And there was that wholesale libel on a Yale prom. If all the girls attending it were laid end to end, Mrs Parker said, she wouldn't be at all surprised.

More from Dorothy Parker

  1. That woman speaks eighteen languages, and can't say No in any of them.
  2. Brevity is the soul of lingerie.
  3. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
  4. Katharine Hepburn delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.
  5. You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.
  6. I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
  7. [On her abortion] It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.
  8. Dear Mary, We all knew you had it in you!

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