"A hard man is good to find.
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Selected Quotes
"Science is the attempt to answer answerable questions.
Religion is the attempt to answer unanswerable questions. "
Religion is the attempt to answer unanswerable questions. "
"I‘m never going to accomplish anything; that‘s perfectly clear to me. I‘m never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don‘t do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don‘t even do that any more.
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"I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound — if I can remember any of the damn things.
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"Four be the things I‘d have been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles and doubt.
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"It serves me right for keeping all my eggs in one bastard. (Said when leaving hospital after an abortion).
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"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. "
Two at the very most.
After three I‘m under the table,
after four I‘m under my host. "
"If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.
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"When asked to use the word horticulture during a game of Can-You-Give-Me-A-Sentence, Parker replied: You can lead a horticulture, but you can‘t make her think.
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"Of Ayn Rand‘s Atlas Shrugged, Parker said: “This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”
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"I‘ve been too fucking busy – or vice versa. (in response to a letter from her editor asking for more stories during her honeymoon)
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"If all the girls who attended the Yale prom were laid end to end, I wouldn‘t be a bit surprised.
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"If wild my breast and sore my pride,
I bask in dreams of suicide,
If cool my heart and high my head
I think “How lucky are the dead.“ "
I bask in dreams of suicide,
If cool my heart and high my head
I think “How lucky are the dead.“ "