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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.

Barbara Mertz

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
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
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women
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
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
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
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
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
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
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
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

Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.

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