Friday 21 August 2020

22 August: Dorothy Parker Quotes

Dorothy Parker, US writer famed for her caustic wit, was born on this date in 1893. Here are 10 examples of her caustic wit: 

  1. The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
  2. Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.
  3. Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience.
  4. Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
  5. If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.
  6. Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.
  7. Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.
  8. I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy.
  9. By the time you swear you’re his, Shivering and sighing, And he vows his passion is Infinite, undying - Lady, make a note of this: One of you is lying.
  10. If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.


If you like superhero stories, you might like to check out My Books. This is the latest:


Killing Me Softly

Sebastian Garrett is an assassin. It wasn’t his first choice of vocation, but nonetheless, he’s good at it, and can be relied upon to get the job done. He’s on top of his game.

Until he is contracted to kill Princess Helena of Galorvia. She is not just any princess. Sebastian doesn’t bargain on his intended victim being a super-heroine who gives as good as she gets. Only his own genetic variant power saves him from becoming the victim, instead of Helena. 

Fate has another surprise in store. Sebastian was not expecting to fall in love with her.

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