Parlor Quotes - Page 5

• Let there be dancing in the streets, drinking in the saloons, and necking in the parlor.

  Groucho Marx

  Drinking, Beer, Dancing

  "Fictional character: Otis B. Driftwood". "A Night at the Opera", 1935.

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• After searching for a space, I parked behind the tattoo parlor in front of a sign that said NO PARKING. Since it didn't specify to whom it was referring, I figured it couldn't possibly be talking to me.

  Darynda Jones

  Tattoo, Talking, Space

  Darynda Jones (2012). “Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet”, p.105, Macmillan

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• They say of me, and so they should, It's doubtful if I come to good. I see acquaintances and friends Accumulating dividends And making enviable names In science, art and parlor games. But I, despite expert advice, Keep doing things I think are nice, And though to good I never come Inseparable my nose and thumb.

  Dorothy Parker

  Art, Nice, Thinking

  Dorothy Parker (1936). “Not So Deep as a Well”, Macmillan Company of Canada

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• I still think of myself as a house. Ravan tried to fix this problem of self-image, as he called it. To teach me to phrase my communication in terms of a human body. To say: let us hold hands instead of let us hold kitchens. To say put our heads together and not put our parlors together. But it is not as simple as replacing words anymore. Ravan is gone. My hearth is broken.

  Catherynne M. Valente

  Communication, Simple, Thinking

  "The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Ninth Annual Collection". Book edited by Gardner Dozois, July 3, 2012.

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• See how special you are? I serve you coffee in the parlor.

  Anthony Quinn

  Coffee, Special You, Special

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