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“But I don't give up; I forget why not.”

Quote by Dorothy Parker

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A month of Saturdays: thirty-one famous pieces by

This compilation brings together a selection of thirty-one distinguished pieces, each contributing to the richness of the literary landscape. The works span a variety of genres and are crafted by a diverse group of authors, offering readers a glimpse into the breadth and depth of contemporary and classic literature. more

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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

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“The nowadays ruling that no word is unprintable has, I think, done nothing whatever for beautiful letters. The boys have gone hog-wild with liberty, yet the short flat terms used over and over, both in dialogue and narrative, add neither vigor nor clarity; the effect is not of shock but of something far more dangerous — tedium.”

Thinking Done Beautiful Used Term Liberty Boys Gone Effects Dangerous Letters Add Dialogue Clarity Narrative Shock Flats Ruling Vigor Hog Tedium

Author:Dorothy Parker

“Like many a better one before me, I have gone down under the force of numbers, under the books and books and books that keep coming out and coming out and coming out, shoals of them, spates of them, flash floods of them, too blame many books, and no sign of an end.”

Book Ends Force Numbers Gone Blame Coming Out Flash Flood Flash Floods

Author:Dorothy Parker

“Somewhere, there, is an analogy, in a small way, if you have the patience for it. But I guess it isn't a very good anecdote. I'm better at animal stories.”

Ifs Way Stories Animal Very Good Analogies Anecdotes

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“For a few minutes, everything is so cute that the mind reels.... And then, believe it or not, things get worse. So I shot myself.”

Mind Believe Minutes Shots Cute

Author:Dorothy Parker

“I regret to say that during the first act of this, I fell so soundly asleep that the gentleman who brought me piled up a barricade of overcoat, hat, stick, and gloves between us to establish a separation in the eyes of the world, and went into an impersonation of A Young Man Who Has Come to the Theater Unaccompanied.”

Men World Firsts Eye Young Regret Theater Sticks Separation Young Man Gentleman Hats Gloves I Regret Barricades Overcoat

Author:Dorothy Parker

“I find her anecdotes more efficacious than sheep-counting, rain on a tin roof, or alanol tablets.... you will find me and Morpheus, off in a corner, necking.”

Rain Corners Sheep Roof Find Me Counting Tin Anecdotes Tablets

Author:Dorothy Parker

“I know that an author must be brave enough to chop away clinging tentacles of good taste for the sake of a great work. But this is no great work, you see.”

Knows Enough Taste Brave Sake Be Brave Great Work Clinging Good Taste Tentacles

Author:Dorothy Parker

“This is me apologizing. I am a fool, a bird-brain, a liar and a horse-thief. I wouldn't touch a superlative again with an umbrella.”

Brain Fool Bird Horse Liars Thieves Apologizing Umbrella Superlatives This Is Me

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“I wish, I wish I were a poisonous bacterium.”

Wish Poisonous Bacteria

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“Sometimes I think I'll give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on a stove and moan all day.”

Thinking Giving Trying Sometimes Giving Up Stoves

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