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Quote by Dorothy Parker

“Oh, both my shoes are shiny new, And pristine is my hat My dress is 1922… My life is all like that.”

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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

“Now for me, you're the irreplaceable one: I've never see you up so close before, and I do not understand you at all. You say sometimes I act like I don't see you? I don't even know where to look! Living with you around is like is like living with a permanent dazzle. The fact that you even like me, or look at me, or brush by me, or hug me, or hold me, is so surprising that after it's over I have to go back through it a dozen times in my head to savor it and try and figure out what it was like because I was too busy being astounded while it was happening.”

Knows Trying Looks Sometimes Facts Figures Happenings Busy Like Me Permanent Dozen Surprising Hug Brushes Look At Me Too Busy Hold Me Irreplaceable Dazzle Astounded Hug Me

Author:Samuel R. Delany

“I needed to choose between the one thing that really filled m thoughts-my love for that woman-and losing my freedom and all the choices that the future promised me. To be honest, the decision was easy. -Lukas Jessen-Petersen”

Choices Easy Decision One Thing Honest Needed Losing Filled Being Honest

Author:Paulo Coelho

“I couldn't stop bawling, watching the towers come down. it was a terrible thing to happen. And a terrible thing to realize that I don't sit though the nigh crying when such horrors happen all the time.”

Happens Realizing Cry Terrible Horror Towers Terrible Things

Author:Randa Abdel-Fattah

“Every person is defined by the communities she belongs to.”

Persons Community Defined

Book:Speaker for the Dead

Source: Speaker for the Dead

“I had a definite sense of somehow being a passenger in an evil vehicle crusing through Paradise.”

Evil Paradise Vehicle Definite Passengers

Author:Sam Shepard

“One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.”

Character Age Hate Choices I Hate Swim Rest Of Your Life Choices You Make

Book:Flipped

Source: Flipped

“If chaos is a necessary step in the organization of one's universe, then I was well on my way.”

Ifs Way Wells Universe Steps Organization Chaos My Way

Author:Wendelin Van Draanen

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