“The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.”
― Dorothy Parker
At a time when women were supposed to be stay-at-home moms and the writers who got press tended to be men, Dorothy Parker hit the 1920s running — her mouth off as well as her pen. She was known as much for her biting wit as she was for her phenomenal writing.
She began at the New Yorker, where work days often included long boozy lunches with fellow stellar writers at New York’s fancy Algonquin Hotel.
In my early teens, I first read “The Portable Dorothy Parker.” Each of the short stories and poems included in it is a gem. I was hooked!
Wiki describes her as ‘poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.’ In addition, she wrote many enormously successful screenplays with her gay husband, Alan Campbell, who she married twice.
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Love her
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We both have great taste 😀
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Great first quote and I look forward to reading many more! 😀 I haven’t read any of her work but loved learning a bit about Dorothy Parker here – she sounds like a wonderful character!
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Glad you enjoyed 😀
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Bonjour
Mon Ami AMIE
Il était une fois des gentils bisous
Qui voulaient parcourir le monde
et voir ses merveilles …
Soudain, au détour de la vie
ils ont rencontré ton Amitié
Alors sur ta joue
ils se sont posés, et sont restés
Je te souhaite une bonne
et merveilleuse journée
Suivie d’une douce soirée
Bisous.
Bernard
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😀
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She is pretty much my female idol.
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Me too 😀
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