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The Flaw In Paganism
Drink and dance and laugh and lie
Love, the reeling midnight through,
For tomorrow we shall die!
(But, alas, we never do.)
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The ugliest modern gesture - that of a man looking at his wrist-watch!
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Isn't it a bit presumptuous of us to be alive now that Mr. Benchley is dead?
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Theodore Dreiser
Should ought to write nicer.
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I should have stayed home for dinner. I could have had something on a tray. The head of John the Baptist, or something.
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On being asked the title of her talk to the Congress of American Writers' poetry session in 1939:
"Sophisticated Verse and The Hell with it."
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"Whatever is, is good" - your gracious creed.
You wear your joy of living like a crown.
Love lights your simplest gift of all - a friend.
Your shining loyalty unflecked by doubt
You ask but leave to follow to the end
(Couldn't you wait until I took you out?)
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On her pregnancy:
"It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard."
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Resume
Razors pain you;
Rivers are damp;
Acids stain you;
And drugs cause cramp.
Guns aren't lawful;
Nooses give;
Gas smells awful;
You might as well live.
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Of Elmer Rice:
"Without question the worst fuck I ever had."
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