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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

Barbara Mertz

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
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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Habit Latter Writing
I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Answers Courses Superb
I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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Credit Men Thinking
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
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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Doors Mother Pain
…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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Amusement Done Looks
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
But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Dust Instinct Scholarly
A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Asking Giving Help Men
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
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Facts Prejudice Reputation
When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Men Political Talking

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