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“I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows where I am. He knows I'm waiting here. He's so sure of me, so sure. I wonder why they hate you, as soon as they are sure of you.”
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
“You think You're frightening me with Your hell, don't You? You think Your hell is worse than mine.”
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
― The Portable Dorothy Parker
“Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.”
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
― The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.”
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“One is happy once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness: simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience.”
― Correspondance, 1812-1876; Volume 5
― Correspondance, 1812-1876; Volume 5
The Year of Reading Proust
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2013 was the year for reading—or re-reading—Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu or In Search of Lost Time for many of us. However, these th ...more
Lorna’s 2025 Year in Books
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