Quotes of Dorothy Parker

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They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.

- Dorothy Parker

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“ Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ”

- Voltaire

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak

“ The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't-it just keeps you from enjoying it. ”

- Cleveland Amory

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ I pray you, do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in wine. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. ”

- Thomas Jefferson

“ I am convinced that one should tell one's spiritual director if one has a great desire for Communion, for Our Lord does not come from Heaven every day to stay in a golden ciborium; He comes to find another heaven, the heaven of our soul in which He loves to dwell. ”

- St. Therese of Lisieux

“ One rarely falls in love without being as much attracted to what is interestingly wrong with someone as what is objectively healthy. ”

- Alain de Botton

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present ”

- Lao tzu

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ To love oneself is the beginning of a life long romance. ”

- Oscar Wilde

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack. ”

- Mary Roberts Rinehart

“ With love comes the risk of losing it. With love comes the risk of getting burnt with it. When love burns, it consumes even the soul. ”

- Jyoti Arora

“ You are successful in my book if you do what you love for a living; you do not owe money to anyone; you have a place what you call home; you have a wife/husband, a girlfriend/boyfriend, or a partner who loves and respects you; and most importantly, you are surrounded by friends and loved ones who stand by you in good and bad days. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ I will love you even when I am dust on the wind. ”

- Nalini Singh

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Your big opportunity may be right where you are now. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln