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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.

Barbara Mertz

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
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
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
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
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
It’s not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,’ said Simmons. ‘Everyone knows you don’t fight like a gentleman.’ ‘That might be called an oxymoron,’ Ramses said. ‘Oh–sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.’ The poor devil didn’t know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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Fighting Home Sorry
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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Love Mother Son You
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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Cat People Touching
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
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
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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Book Idea Needs
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
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

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