[Irene Wilde]

The anniversary of Mrs. Parker's birth is next week, therefore I will respond further when I have to put the list together for a post elsewhere. Meanwhile, Sir Noel was a Christmas baby, so his anniversary is months away:

I am not a heavy drinker. I can sometimes go for hours without touching a drop.

I don't believe in astrology. The only stars I can blame for my failures are those that walk about the stage.

I have a memory like an elephant. In fact, elephants often consult me.

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

I love criticism just so long as it's unqualified praise

It is discouraging how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.

And the one that haunts me because I've so failed to live up to it:

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. -- Anais Nin