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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

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.
BARBARA MERTZ

Ghost Reading Stories Stuff
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Arms Drug Government
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
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
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Cat Treats Way
Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Cat Looks Self
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
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Criminals Fancy Masters
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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Love Mother Son You
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Arguing Thread Trying
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
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Garden Gardening Soul
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Common Young Youth
Money was the manure of politics.
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Manure Money Politics
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Foot Future Many One People Watches
His masculinity was only too apparent
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Apparent Masculinity Only

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