The Best of Dorothy Parker Quotes

“De Profundis

Oh, is it, then, Utopian
To hope that I may meet a man
Who'll not relate, in accents suave,
The tales of girls he used to have?”
― Dorothy Parker, The Best of Dorothy Parker

“And couldn't it be I was young and mad
If ever my heart on my sleeve I wore?
There's many to claw at a heart unclad,
And little the wonder it ripped and tore.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Best of Dorothy Parker

“To keep something, you must take care of it. More, you must understand just what sort of care it requires. You must know the rules and abide by them.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Best of Dorothy Parker