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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.

Barbara Mertz

Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Children Feel Privacy
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
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser
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
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
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
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
BARBARA MERTZ

Down And Lying Weakness
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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Doubt Gold Long Time
Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn’t planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I’m not recommending it as a way to write. It’s very sloppy, but it works for me.
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Character Knowing Writing
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
Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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Blame Cat Dog

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