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Quote by Dorothy Parker

“People are more fun than anyone.”

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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

“Over the years, I've found that I either live life or write about it. I can't seem to do both simultaneously - I have to do it sequentially. When I write incessantly, I lose touch with the issues and passions that fuel the work. But when I get too involved in organizations or movement endeavors, I almost forget that I'm a writer. It's a constant struggle to find a balance between these two worlds - the solitary writing life and the life of a social justice activist.”

“Why hope to live a long life if we're only going to fill it with self-absorption, body maintenance and image repair? When we die, do we want people to exclaim 'She looked ten years younger,' or do we want them to say 'She lived a great life'?”

People Ifs Want Life Years Long Self Body Age Dies Ten Long Life Maintenance Absorption Self Absorption Hope To Live

Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“If the Richter scale could measure human calamities, the loss of a child would register a ten.”

Ifs Humans Children Death Loss Ten Scales Calamity Register Loss Of A Child

Book:How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick

Source: How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick

“It's smart to be friends with one's sex partner but dumb to have sex with one's friends.”

Sex Friends Smart Partners Dumb

Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“Illness is the proving ground of friendship.”

Friendship Prove Illness

Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“I didn't anticipate the primal quality of my pleasure, the raw physicality of it, the way my whole body leaps forward when I see my grandsons after a few days' absence.”

Way Whole Body Pleasure Quality Absence Leap Grandparent Anticipate Primal Physicality Grandson

Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin

“To me, a person's identity is composed of both an 'I' and a 'we.' The 'I' finds itself in love, work, and pleasure, but it also locates itself within some meaningful group identity - a tribe, a community, a 'we.' America is too big and bland a tribe for most of us.”

Persons Bigs America Community Pleasure Groups Identity Meaningful Tribes Bland Group Identity

Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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