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Barbara Mertz

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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Cat Likes Quality
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
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
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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Disease Loving People Someone
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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Determination Littles May
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
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
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
…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
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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Done Kissing Mistake
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
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Church Joy Majesty

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