This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.

Quote by Dorothy Parker

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Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

Drink and dance and laugh and lie, Love, the reeling midnight through, For tomorrow we...

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

Four be the things I'd have been better without: love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.

Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on...

Sometimes I think Ill give up trying, and just go completely Russian and sit on...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Prince, a precept I'd leave for you, Coined in Eden, existing yet: Skirt the parlor,...

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B

She (Katherine Hepburn) runs the gamut of emotions from A to B

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone

Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

Enjoyed it! One more drink and I'd have been under the host.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

That woman speaks eight languages and can't say no in any of them.

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Scratch a lover, find a foe

Scratch a lover, find a foe

Work is the province of cattle.

Work is the province of cattle.

Art is a form of catharsis

Art is a form of catharsis

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

Summer makes me drowsy. Autumn makes me sing. Winter's pretty lousy, but I hate Spring.

I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at...

I wish I could drink like a lady I can take one or two at...

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say...

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, and say...

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...