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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.

Barbara Mertz

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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Doors Mother Pain
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
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
..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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Female Men Swooning
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
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
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
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
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
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People
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
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
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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Believe Children Stupid

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