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“Hold your pen and spare your voice.”

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Dorothy Parker, an American poet, playwright, and critic, was born on August 22, 1893, and died on June 7, 1967. Known for her wit, satire, and humor, she is a prominent figure in 20th-century American literature. more

“Look, boys, it ever strike you that the world not real at all? It ever strike you that we have the only mind in the world and you just thinking up everything else? Like me here, having the only mind in the world, and thinking up you people here, thinking up the war and all the houses and the ships and them in the harbour. That ever cross your mind?”

People Thinking World Mind Looks War Real House Boys Crosses Strikes Like Me Ships Harbour

Book:Collected Short Fiction

Source: Collected Short Fiction

“I also know there are timeless waters, endless seas, and lots of people in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves. I look up at the sky and I see you there.”

People Knows World Looks Matter Names Water Sea Sky This World Endless Look Up Timeless Endless Sea

Book:Krik? Krak!

Source: Krik? Krak!

“She liked the life she had. She loved habits. She craved a day with nothing in it, a long, quiet stretch of hours in the studio.”

Long Hours Habit Quiet Studios

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

“People are watching the way we act, more than they are listening to what we say.”

People Way Inspirational Listening

Book:A Gentle Thunder: Hearing God Through the Storm

Source: A Gentle Thunder: Hearing God Through the Storm

“She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.”

Looks Would Be Romance Fun Easy Risk Willing Adventure Habit Quiet Painful Plenty Looking Back

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

“She existed in her friends; there she was. All the parts of herself she'd forgotten. She knew herself best when she was with them.”

Forgotten

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

“Lena always described how she dreaded and mourned things before they even happened. Carmen was beginning to suspect that she was permitting herself to mourn this long separation only now that it was over.”

Long Happened Separation Suspects Mourn

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

“When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.”

Inspirational Looks Children Past Death Worry Universal Bigger Favourite Standpoint Famous Inspirational Look At Yourself Bigger And Better Bigger And Better Things

Author:Albert Einstein

“Lena realized that a fundamental layer of their happiness depended on the four of them being close to one another. Their lives were independent and full. Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives, but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.”

Giving Four Aspect Independent Fundamentals Layers

Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel

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