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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.

Barbara Mertz

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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Appearance Demand Female
The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
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People Powerful Voice
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
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
In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
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Bed Cat Silence
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
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Children Feel Privacy
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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Book Three Way
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient
That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Ignorance Maturity Profound
There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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Ambition Cutting Dream
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

A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.

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