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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.

Barbara Mertz

But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
…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
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
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
I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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Ghost Reading Stories Stuff
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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Astonishment Believe People
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
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
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
BARBARA MERTZ

Determination Littles May
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
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
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny

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