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Superstition has its practical uses.

Barbara Mertz

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
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
..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.
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Female Men Swooning
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
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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Book Idea Needs
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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Habit Latter Writing
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
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
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Church Joy Majesty
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Gentleman Men Pay
…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
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying

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