Here Lies Quotes

“I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more.”
― Dorothy Parker, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

“I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things.”
― Dorothy Parker, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

“I just lost all my strength of purpose - maybe the maid will find it on the floor in the morning.”
― Dorothy Parker, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

“Anyway, maybe it's only somebody that just died and left you twenty million dollars. Maybe it isn't some other woman at all.”
― Dorothy Parker, Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker