Parker claimed that she did not belong to a political party (in 1937). She said that the one group she associated with “that not especially brave little band that hid its nakedness of heart and mind under the out-of-date garment of a sense of humor.”
Source, Dorothy Parker: What Fresh Hell Is This, by Marion [...]
See the happy moron, He doesn’t give a damn. I wish I were a moron, My God! Perhaps I am!
“Don’t let me take any horses home with me. It doesn’t matter so much about stray dogs and kittens, but elevator boys get awfully stuffy when you try to bring a horse. You might as well know that about me now, Fred. You can always tell that the crash is coming when [...]
“Why did you want to go all the way over and get into that messy thing for? A person like you!”
Source: Dorothy Parker, What Fresh Hell is This? By Marion Meade