Jodi Compton

“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

“When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them.”
― Plato

“Don't look at me in that tone of voice.”
― Dorothy Parker

“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― Ronald Wright, A Short History of Progress