There's life for you. Spend the best years of your life studying penmanship and rhetoric and syntax and Beowulf and George Eliot, and then somebody steals your pencil.
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Accursed from their birth they be Who seek to find monogamy, Pursuing it from bed to bed— I think they would be better dead.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote reflects the futility and hardship of seeking monogamous love in a promiscuous world.
Dorothy Parker's quote captures the sense of hopelessness that can accompany the pursuit of monogamy in an environment filled with transient relationships. It suggests that a relentless search for true love within such a superficial context can lead to despair and dissatisfaction, prompting the poet to imply that those who chase after it may be better off not pursuing it at all.
Themes
MonogamyRelationshipsLoveHeartbreakFutility
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a discussion about modern dating challenges at a seminar.
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