"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."
"The Little Hours" in Here Lies (1939)
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This quote is why I think I always related to Dorothy Parker's stories.
Have you read her "Big Blond" yet?-It is a work of real brilliance-
I love Big Blonde!
I have read "Big Blonde." Probably her best short story. But I think her best work is to be found buried in her essays and reviews and in her short poetry. She can really pack a wallop into four short lines.
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