"Emdashes coverage of Dorothy Parker"

“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”

“I thought that was going to be a good song, too, and then they went and rhymed “time” and “Rhine,” and spoiled everything.”

“The ones I like ... are "cheque" and "enclosed.”

“So seeing that there is nothing further to say, I shall go right on talking about The Circle, thus proving that I am a born reviewer of plays. p. 256”

“One more drink and I'd have been under the host.”

“What fresh hell can this be?”