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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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.

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

When your bank account is so overdrawn that it is positively photographic, steps must be...

Art is a form of catharsis

Art is a form of catharsis

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe.

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

If you would learn what God thinks about money, you have only to look at...

How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try...

How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try...

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

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

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

Every love's the love before in a duller dress

The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'

The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'cheque enclosed.'

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the...

Money is only congealed snow.

Money is only congealed snow.

Lonely is a man without love.

Lonely is a man without love.

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.

Ducking for apples - change one letter and it's the story of my life.

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

I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.

I envy people who drink - at least they know what to blame everything on.

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I...

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.