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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.

Barbara Mertz

Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Giving Men People
Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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Cat People Touching
Superstition has its practical uses.
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Practical Superstitions Use
The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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Lectures Opportunity Teaching
Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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Bird Looks Writing
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Clever Ideas Scrutiny
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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Determination Littles May
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 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
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
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 trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Difficult Enemy Trouble
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Advice Fire Trouser

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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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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