“I was always sweet, at first. Oh, it's so easy to be sweet to people before you love them.”
― Collected Stories
― Collected Stories
“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
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
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“And at the moment of contact, they do not know if the hand that is reaching for theirs belongs to a Hindu or Muslim or Christian or Brahmin or untouchable or whether you were born in this city or arrived only this morning or whether you live in Malabar Hill or New York or Jogeshwari; whether you’re from Bombay or Mumbai or New York. All they know is that you’re trying to get to the city of gold, and that’s enough. Come on board, they say. We’ll adjust.”
― Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
― Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found
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