Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
BARBARA MERTZYou are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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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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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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Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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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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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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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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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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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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