Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open... - Dorothy Parker
"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."
"Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."
"That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment."
"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."
"I require three things in a man: he must be handsome, ruthless, and stupid."
"By the time you swear you're his,Shivering and sighing.And he vows his passion is,Infinite, undying.Lady make note of this --One of you is lying."
"And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word."