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)
“That’s not to say there haven’t been some changes that have happened. As”
― R.J. Palacio, quote from Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
“I’ll meet you there, pumpkin,” Grandma said. “And I’ll bring my sword with me.”
― Jennifer Estep, quote from Crimson Frost
“He raised his wine for a toast. “To the Exquisite Nightmare.”
― A.G. Howard, quote from RoseBlood
“Wink kissed deep. Deep as a dark, misty, forest path. One that lead to blood and love and death and monsters.”
― April Genevieve Tucholke, quote from Wink Poppy Midnight
“Darkness engulfed me...There was no ground below me, no sky above. Only the black, and the cold.”
― Amanda Hocking, quote from Freeks
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