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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

Barbara Mertz

Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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Doubt Gold Long Time
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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Fashion Helen Peculiar
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Children Feel Privacy
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
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
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
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
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Favors Lap Slugs

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