I misremember who first was cruel enough to nurture the cocktail party into life. But perhaps it would be not too much to say, in fact it would be not enough to say, that it was not worth the trouble.
Dorothy ParkerExcuse me, everybody, I have to go to the bathroom. I really have to telephone, but I'm too embarrassed to say so.
Dorothy ParkerThe plot is so tired that even this reviewer, who in infancy was let drop by a nurse with the result that she has ever since been mystified by amateur coin tricks, was able to guess the identity of the murderer from the middle of the book.
Dorothy ParkerI like to think of my shining tombstone. It gives me, as you might say, something to live for.
Dorothy Parker