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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point

Barbara Mertz

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
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
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
Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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Promise Resurrection Spring
Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Done Kissing Mistake
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
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
I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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Credit Men Thinking
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
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
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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Cat Likes Quality
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
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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Beautiful Hero Nice

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