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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.

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
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Gentleman Men Pay
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Only Way Write Writing
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Hitting People Tired
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only
Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Half History Race
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Kissing Mistake Someone
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Arrogance Men Surprise
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
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
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
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

…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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…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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