Dorothy Parker · 457 pages
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“Lips that taste of tears, they say,
Are the best for kissing.”
― Dorothy Parker, quote from The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (Modern Library)
“Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”
― Dorothy Parker, quote from The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (Modern Library)
“When asked by her publisher why her work had not been submitted while on her honeymoon: "I've been too fucking busy or vice versa”
― Dorothy Parker, quote from The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (Modern Library)
“Every love's the love before
In a duller dress.”
― Dorothy Parker, quote from The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker (Modern Library)
Dorothy Parker
Born place: in Long Branch, New Jersey, The United States
Born date August 22, 1893
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“Лесно решение би било да обвиня нашата пропаганда, каквато например тук се налага на войската от обершарфюфер Кнител, който ръководи Kulturabteilung: Häftling е непълноценен човек, дори не е човешко същество, следователно е съвсем законно да бъде бит. Но не е съвсем така: в крайна сметка животните също не са хора, но никой от нашите надзиратели не би се отнасял към някое животно както към Häftlinge. Пропагандата определено играе определена роля, но по по-сложен начин. Стигнах до извода, че надзирателят от SS не се превръща в насилник или садист, защото мисли, че затворникът не е човешко същество; тъкмо обратното, яростта му се увеличава и става садистична, когато си даде сметка, че затворникът не само не е непълноценен човек, както са му казали, а всъщност е човек като него и именно тази устойчивост, разбирате ли, надзирателят намира за непоносима, това безмълвно постоянство на другия, и тогава надзирателят го бие, опитвайки се да заличи общата им човешка същност. Разбира се, не се получава: колкото повече надзирателят удря, толкова повече е принуден да приеме, че затворникът отказва да се признае за непълноценен човек. Накрая като единствено разрешение му остава да го убие, което представлява окончателен провал.”
― Jonathan Littell, quote from The Kindly Ones
“The guard hit Kestrel across the face. “I said, what did you give him?”
You had a warrior’s heart, even then.
Kestrel spat blood. “Nothing,” she told the guard. She thought of her father, she thought of Arin. She told her final lie. “I gave him nothing.”
― Marie Rutkoski, quote from The Winner's Crime
“Spirals grow infinitely small the farther you follow them inward, but they also grow infinitely large the farther you follow them out.”
― John Green, quote from Turtles All the Way Down
“Lenah?"
"Yeah?" I replied.
"Will you go to winter prom with me?"
"Of course," I whispered, sure I would fall asleep in moments. "Justin?"
"Mm-Hmm?" he said, moments from sleep himself.
"What's a prom?”
― Rebecca Maizel, quote from Infinite Days
“You should always trust the instincts of children.”
― Ally Carter, quote from Uncommon Criminals
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