

“Trembling, Neena repeated it until she believed it.”
― The Woods Are Always Watching
― The Woods Are Always Watching

“I just lost all my strength of purpose - maybe the maid will find it on the floor in the morning.”
― Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker
― Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

“All this at the last I dimly saw, but an autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing. We think we write definitely of those parts of our nature that are dead and therefore beyond change, but that which writes is still changing - still in doubt.”
― The Naked Civil Servant
― The Naked Civil Servant

“Scandalous stories of extramarital affairs and abortions persisted in circulating, but that was largely because she made no attempt to deny the rumors, since they were true.”
― Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?
― Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This?

“Anyway, maybe it's only somebody that just died and left you twenty million dollars. Maybe it isn't some other woman at all.”
― Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker
― Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker

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