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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.

Barbara Mertz

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
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
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Cat Lap People
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
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Brain Dulling Effects Love
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Emotion Excellent Method
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
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
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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Distance Home Three
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
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
a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Church Joy Majesty
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
Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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Promise Resurrection Spring
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
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
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
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
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
That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Ignorance Maturity Profound

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