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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.

Barbara Mertz

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
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
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Bed Cat Silence
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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Bird Looks Writing
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People
…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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Amusement Done Looks
There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Ancient People World
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Crisis Lying Men
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women

A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.

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