Dorothy Parker Love Quotes and Sayings

Dorothy Parker Love Quotes and Sayings

#1 Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words, Taylor Trade Pub., 2004

1. Love is like quicksilver in the hand…Leave the fingers open and it stays in the palm. Clutch it, and it darts away.

#2 Indian Summer

2. But now I know the things I know,
And do the things I do;
And if you do not like me so,
To hell, my love, with you!

#3 Inventory, First printed in Life, 11 November 1926

3. Four be the things I’d been better without:
Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt.

#4 Poem: The Flaw In Paganism

4. Drink and dance and laugh and lie,
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)

#5 Poem: Comment, First printed in New York World, 16 August 1925

5. 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 Roumania.

#6 Experience, First printed in Life, 8 April 1926

6. Some men tear your heart in two,
Some men flirt and flatter,
Some men never look at you,
And that clears up the matter.

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Excerpt from Wikipedia: Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893–June 7, 1967) was an American writer and poet, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and sharp eye for 20th century urban foibles.
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Sayings by Dorothy Parker

#1 Résumé, First printed in New York World, 16 August 1925

1. Razors pain you,
Rivers are damp,
Acids stain you,
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren’t lawful,
Nooses give,
Gas smells awful.
You might as well live.

#2 Observation, First printed in New York World, 16 August 1925

2. If I didn’t care for fun and such,
I’d probably amount to much.
But I shall stay the way I am,
Because I do not give a damn.

#3 Poem: Threnody

3. Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.

#4 Unfortunate Coincidence, First printed in Life, 8 April 1926

4. 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.

#5 The Paris Review, Issues 12-14, Paris Review, Incorporated, 1956

5. I’d like to have money. And I’d like to be a good writer. These two can come together, and I hope they will, but if that’s too adorable, I’d rather have money.

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Unsourced Dorothy Parker Quotes

1. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.

2. I don’t care what is written about me so long as it isn’t true.

3. Heterosexuality is not normal, it’s just common.

4. The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant – and let the air out of the tires.

5. Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.