It's no use trying to be witty about Dorothy Parker; she did it better, first, whatever you could think to say. And she was born today in 1893.
Partial Comfort
Whose love is given over-well
Will look on Helen's face in Hell;
While they whose love is thin and wise
May view John Knox in Paradise.
I hope Helen (the former Miss Troy, you know, as Dorothy was born Miss Rothschild) and she are raising a glass to each other even as we speak, secure in the knowledge that they're having more fun than the stiff saints up above...
It's no use trying to be witty about Dorothy Parker; she did it better, first, whatever you could think to say. And she was born today in 1893.
Fave Dorothy Parker quote:
ReplyDeleteI like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.
Truer words were never spoken, hon...
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