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).
BARBARA MERTZIn 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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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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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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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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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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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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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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