Dorothy Parker (1893-1967).
Here are a few famous quotes:
On learning that Calvin Coolidge
was dead she remarked, "How could they tell?"
"Are you Dorothy Parker?" a guest
at a party inquired. "Yes, do you mind?"
"I like to have a martini, Two at
the very most. After three I'm under the table, After four I'm under
my host!"
In a 1933 review of the play "The
Lake" starring Katherine Hepburn:"Miss Hepburn runs the gamut of
emotions from A to B"
A book review: "He is beyond question
a writer of power; and his power lies in his ability to make sex
so thoroughly, graphically and aggressively unattractive that one
is fairly shaken to ponder how little one has been missing."
Mrs Parker wrote several beautiful poems, short
stories and as seen above, reviews. What I find I can relate most
to in her life, apart from the fact that she loved dogs, is that
she constantly thought of suicide. Like in that little poem I quoted
earlier, she eventually decided to go on living, disillusioned and
disappointed in her life. I suppose that was partly because she
became successful so early in life. What else could she look forward
to?
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