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

Barbara Mertz

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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Cat People Touching
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
Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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Fashion Helen Peculiar
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
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 never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
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Christian Half Lasts
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
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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Book Three Way
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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Love Mother Son You
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
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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Beautiful Hero Nice
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong

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

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