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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 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
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
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder
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
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
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
I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
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Christian Half Lasts
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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Habit Latter Writing
I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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Doubt Gold Long Time
Money was the manure of politics.
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Manure Money Politics
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
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
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Martyrdom Results Sacrifice
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Care Contradicted Husband
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
The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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Heart Husband Moral
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
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
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 do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
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

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

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