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The Ladies of the Corridor (Penguin Classics) The Ladies of the Corridor by Dorothy Parker
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“Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.”
Dorothy Parker, The Ladies of the Corridor
“I'm quite all right. I'm not even scared. You see, I've learned from looking around, there is something worse than loneliness--and that's the fear of it.”
Dorothy Parker, The Ladies of the Corridor
“LINSCOTT: Well, life certainly treats you fine.
CONNIE: No, Tom. Life and I go Dutch.”
Dorothy Parker, The Ladies of the Corridor
“LINSCOTT: Well, I don't like it. Man works damn hard, leaves his wife all his money, and some pretty boy comes along and gets it. Sometimes I think those old East Indians had the right idea about widows. Cremate the husbands and burn up the wives along with them.
CONNIE: Maybe it would be simpler to burn up the money.”
Dorothy Parker, The Ladies of the Corridor