There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
BARBARA MERTZ
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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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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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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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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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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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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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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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