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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.

Barbara Mertz

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Arrogance Men Surprise
That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Ignorance Maturity Profound
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
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
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
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
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
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
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
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
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People
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
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women

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