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There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
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Creativity Pill Story
Each of us, when our day’s work is done, must seek our ideal, whether it be love or pinochle or lobster à la Newburg, or the sweet silence of the musty bookshelves.
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Book Day Ideal Seek Silence Work
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.
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Journey Mystery Soul World
She had become so thoroughly annealed into his life that she was like the air he breathed–necessary but scarcely noticed.
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Air Breathe Life Necessary Notice Scarce
Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
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Country Enemy Hospital Pass Praise Yourself
It was beautiful and simple, as truly great swindles are.
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Beautiful Greatness Simplicity True
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
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Dominate Life Smile
It ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
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Ourselves Road Travel Way
Broadway – the great sluice that washes out the dust of the gold-mines of Gotham.
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Gold Greatness Wash
Whenever my patient begins to count the carriages in her funeral procession I subtract 50 per cent from the curative power of medicines.
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Beginning Count Funeral Medicine Myself Patience Power
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
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Invisible Strand Woman
My advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.
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Advice Benefit Brave Coward Hold Yourself
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
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Life Live Person Poverty War
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
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Love Man Poverty Taste War
If you live in an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for it, or another’s.
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Atmosphere Live Money Pay Yourself
By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.
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Addiction Choice Discover Eat Habit Nature Place

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.

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