American author Dorothy Parker once wrote, "If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second-greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first-greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they're happy."
Yes - shoot me now! Writing is the ever-receding horizon. Just about the time I think I know what I'm doing it becomes apparent that I don't. So rather than write anything today I went searching for more quips and quotes by Parker and found a small book on my shelf called called "ENOUGH ROPE: a book of light verse" by Dorothy Parker that contains 99 pages of witty, wicked turns. Here's three of them:
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Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemproanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania
Experience
Some men break your heart in two,
Some men fawn and flatter,
Some men never look at you;
And that cleans up the matter.
Unfortunate Coincidence
By the time you swear 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.
New Years Eve Lobster
The Hudson River
Your trash is my treasure
Hey? Are you copying me?
Finding ways to fence sand
South Carolina - where the waves of inspiration roll in...
Welcome to Madi's world
March 24 Morning...a Spring Deer
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I choose to comment on this because I played Dorothy Parker in a skit in my history class in December. It was a lovely little "interview" with her, primarily to show that I had done research on her. But, I have always loved Dorothy Parker! She was such a "before-her-time" sort of gal. One of my favorites of hers is this little quip:
I like to have a Martini
Two at the very most
Three, I'm under the table
Four, I'm under my host.
Which I have printed on a Martini glass.
You haven't really lived until you've said all these things in front of a class of "got-get-that-A" honors kids while wearing a very stylish pink hat and pearls and pretending to smoke a pencil.
Anyhoo, there's my little Dorothy Parker anecdote. If you ever wish to know random facts about her life, just ask. I hope this finds you very well and comfortable in life. I hope to hear from you soon!
-Raymond
(I sign this just in case this signature thing doesn't work. I'm contemplating putting my name in the beginning so you know who this is from, but I figure it may do it for me. Much love!)