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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

Barbara Mertz

He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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Love Mother Son You
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Arms Drug Government
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
BARBARA MERTZ

Determination Littles May
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Answers Courses Superb
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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Book Three Way
..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
BARBARA MERTZ

Female Men Swooning
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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Astonishment Believe People
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
Money was the manure of politics.
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Manure Money Politics
I had refused Emerson’s well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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Effort Knowing Moving
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying

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