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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

Barbara Mertz

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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Bird Looks Writing
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
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
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
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
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
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
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Favors Lap Slugs
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

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