Eternity is a ham and two people” (also given as “Eternity is two people and a ham") is an old quip from the days when a ham was huge–far more than two people could finish. Irma Rombauer mentions this line in her famous cookbook, The Joy of Cooking.

Dorothy Parker
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  1. By the time you swear you're his, Shivering and sighing. And he vows his passion is, Infinite, undying. Lady make note of this --One of you is lying.

  2. In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if you do not like me...

  3. Ur be the things I am wiser to know: Idleness, sorrow, a friend, and a foe. Four be the things I'd been better without: Love, curiosity, freckles, and doubt. Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne. Three be the...

  4. I won't telephone him. I'll never telephone him again as long as I live. He'll rot in hell, before I'll call him up. You don't have to give me strength, God; I have it myself. If he wanted me, he could get me. He knows...

  5. Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.

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