Jane Marchand > Jane Marchand's Quotes

“Knowing there is no cavalry is much better than hoping for a cavalry that never comes. I am strong because I have to be. I am the cavalry. (314)”
― Monica Holloway, Driving with Dead People

“Heterosexuality is not normal, it's just common.”
― Dorothy Parker

“The cure to boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.”
― Dorothy Parker

“She can sit up and beg, and
she can give her paw —
I don't say she will, but she can.”
― Dorothy Parker

“This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.”
― Dorothy Parker

“She realizes she doesn't know as much as God but feels she knows as much as God knew when he was her age.”
― Dorothy Parker

“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.”
― Dorothy Parker

“[When asked to use 'horticulture' in a sentence:] You can lead a horticulture but you can't make her think.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Portable Dorothy Parker

“You can’t take it with you, and even if you did, it would probably melt.”
― Dorothy Parker

“By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.”
― Dorothy Parker

“Every love's the love before
In a duller dress.”
― Dorothy Parker, The Poetry and Short Stories of Dorothy Parker