"Of course I talk to myself. I like a good speaker, and I appreciate an intelligent audience."
"How do people go to sleep? I'm afraid I've lost the knack. I might try busting myself smartly over the temple with the night-light. I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things."
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Source: Dorothy Parker (2002). “Complete Stories”, p.197, Penguin
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