Quote of the Day (Dorothy Parker, on What To Say When a Man Asks for a Dance)

“What can you say, when a man asks you to dance with him? I most certainly will not dance with you, I’ll see you in hell first. Why, thank you, I’d love to awfully, but I’m having labor pains. Oh, yes, do let’s dance together – it’s so nice to meet a man who isn’t a scaredy-cat about catching my beri-beri … I’d love to waltz with you. I’d love to waltz with you. I’d love to have my tonsils out. I’d love to be in a midnight fire at sea.” —Dorothy Parker, “The Waltz,” from The Portable Dorothy Parker (1944)