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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

Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People
When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Emotion Gullibility Reason
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
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
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
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
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
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
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cold Girl Manipulation
Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Marriage Should Views
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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Astonishment Believe People
If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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Down And Lying Weakness
I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Book Thinking Writing
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People

..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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