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Quote by Dorothy Parker

“A hangover is the wrath of grapes.”

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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

“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas.”

Feels Should Remember Bits Hours Sky Car Huge Terrible Drug Hundred Edges Miles Desert Bats Vegas Las Vegas Loathing Diving Gonzo Top Down Fear And Loathing

Author:Hunter S. Thompson

“I watched you for years,” she whispered. The tears were drying on her cheeks, and heat was building within her. If he would just touch her. Touch her there. “I watched you and you never saw me.”

Ifs Years Saws Tears Building Heat Cheeks

Author:Elizabeth Hoyt

“The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combinations in which one never encounters the stereotyped.”

World Results Millions Connections Cells Combination Encounters Smallest Committees Units Flexible

Book:Alvar Aalto, Furniture and Glass: Exhibition the Museum of Modern Art, New York

Source: Alvar Aalto, Furniture and Glass: Exhibition the Museum of Modern Art, New York

“When we try to push the envelope, there are certain sectors of society that say this is a Zionist plot to sort of destabilize our country, or this is an American agenda.”

Trying Country Certain Our Country Plot Agendas Envelopes Zionist

Author:Abdallah II

“There is no doubt; even a rejection can be the shadow of a caress”.”

Doubt Shadow Rejection No Doubt Caress

Author:Jose Ortega y Gasset

“I have not slept. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The Genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.”

Men Firsts Littles States Dream Suffering Acting Genius Instruments Kingdoms Mortals Council Hideous Insurrection Interim

Author:William Shakespeare

“I sung of Chaos and Eternal Night, Taught by the heav'nly Muse to venture down The dark descent, and up to reascend.”

Night Dark Taught Eternal Chaos Muse Venture Descent

Book:Milton's Paradise Lost

Source: Milton's Paradise Lost

“Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.”

People Needs Beautiful Warm Coats Auras Beautiful People

Book:Revolution

Source: Revolution

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