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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)

Barbara Mertz

The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People
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
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
Money was the manure of politics.
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Manure Money Politics
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
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
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Crisis Lying Men
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
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

I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)

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