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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.

Barbara Mertz

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
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
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
BARBARA MERTZ

Crisis Lying Men
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
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
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
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
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
Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Children Feel Privacy
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Boredom Crush Persons
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
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
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Approval Cat Flatter Recipient

..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.

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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.

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