Dorothy Parker

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Come on down to my apartment-I want to show you some remarkably fine etchings I just bought.

Dorothy Parker

Quoted in The New Yorker

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Dorothy Parker

Source

The New Yorker

Medium

Magazine

Statement Type

Sexual innuendo Invitation

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. New Yorker. c. 25 July 1931.

By the time you say you're his,
Shivering and sighing
And he vows his passion is
Infinite, undying-
Lady, make a note of this:
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Men and women Relationship challenges Relationships

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Unfortunate Coincidence

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "Unfortunate Coincidence." Enough Rope. Boni & Liveright, 1926.

Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Glasses

Author

Dorothy Parker

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "News Item." The Collected Poetry Of Dorothy Parker. The Modern Library, 1936, p. 70, I. 1.

There's a helluva distance between wise-cracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wise-cracking is simply calisthenics with words.

Dorothy Parker

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Topic

Jokes

Author

Dorothy Parker

Source

Paris Review

Medium

Interview Magazine

Language

English

Time

1956 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Parker, Dorothy. "The Art of Fiction." The Paris Review, Summer 1956, Issue 13, p. 80.