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

Barbara Mertz

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
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Cat Treats Way
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
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
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
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
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
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
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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Husband Independent Intelligent
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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Lectures Opportunity Teaching
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Hate Sight Strong
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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Disease Loving People Someone
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
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
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
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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Ghost Reading Stories Stuff
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Arms Drug Government
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
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
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired

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