I am hung with graveyard flowers.
Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope; from 'Rainy Night'
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Source: Dorothy Parker FB
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Temps Perdu
by Dorothy Parker
I never may turn the loop of a road
Where sudden, ahead, the sea is lying,
But my heart drags down with an ancient load--
My heart, that a second before was flying.
I never behold the quivering rain--
And sweeter the rain than a lover to me--
But my heart is wild in my breast with pain;
My heart, that was tapping contentedly.
There’s never a rose spreads new at my door
Nor a strange bird crosses the moon at night
But I know I have known its beauty before,
And a terrible sorrow along with the sight.
The look of a laurel tree birthed for May
Or a sycamore bared for a new November
Is as old and as sad as my furtherest day--
What is it, what is it, I almost remember?
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I rasoi fanno male; i fiumi sono freddi; l'acido macchia; i farmaci danno i crampi. Le pistole sono illegali; i cappi cedono; il gas fa schifo. Tanto vale vivere.
(Dorothy Parker)
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Dorothy Parker.
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April 1994. His will sapped by a magic spell, Superman spurns both Lois and Batman for the Silver Banshee in Book 3 of the LEGENDS OF THE WORLD'S FINEST miniseries. Batman is, to borrow a phrase from Dorothy Parker, not tossed aside lightly, but thrown with great force.
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Dorothy Parker, August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967.
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Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.
- Dorothy Parker
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Recurrence, Dorothy Parker
I'm just really fond of the rhythm of this one.
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Dorothy Parker, Enough Rope; from 'Threnody'
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Jimmy hobnobs with royalty: Romania's Queen Marie, with Mayor Walker on her arrival in New York, October 18, 1926, as she started her extended journey across America.
The queen is immortalized in Dorothy Parker's well-known ditty:
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 Romania.
Photo: Associated Press
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Unfortunate Coincidence
by Dorothy Parker
By the time you swear you’re his,
Shivering and sighing,
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying–
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.
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Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) by Marielle Heller
Book title: The Portable Dorothy Parker (1983)
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Love Song, Dorothy Parker
[ Text ID: My love runs by like a day in June, ]
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