Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
BARBARA MERTZNefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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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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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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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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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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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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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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