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Clovache's Voice said, "How large is the device?" Her accent was sort of like Russian, as least to my untravelled ears. ("Hau larch . . . ?") "The size of one of those cans of sweetened syrup," Batanya answered. "Ah, the burping drinks," Clovache said."
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ladies are not responsible for the bad manners of fools.
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Did Lou have Luke--isn't that your little boy's name?--here in the Shakespeare hospital?
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Charlaine Harris |
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I had never been able to fathom what people did with their free moments, if they didn't read.
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Charlaine Harris |
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the pain in my middle was the unmistakable pain of rejection. I knew the feeling so well, it was like a second skin. I sure hated to crawl back inside it.
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Charlaine Harris |
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the countless religious ceremonies held here had drenched the soil not with anguish, but with calm detachment, thoughts of eternity.
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Charlaine Harris |
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Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." She had explained that that meant that you don't worry about tomorrow, or about things you can't change. I"
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Charlaine Harris |
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The southern standard of niceness was this: You'd never been convicted of anything, you didn't look at other's women's husbands too openly. You wrote your thank-you notes and were polite to your elders. You had to take a keen interest in your children's upbringing. And you made sure your family was fed adequately. There were sideways and byways in this "nice" thing, but those were the general have-tos."
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Charlaine Harris |
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Though I didn't mind being by myself from time to time--in fact, I enjoyed it--I'd had a little too much of it lately. And being alone is a lot more fun if it's optional.
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Charlaine Harris |
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It was my own grief. I could feel it fading away into something I simply accepted, because that's the way I am. I knew I'd feel better. It was living until then that was hard.
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Charlaine Harris |
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As to your being worthy, I don't think falling in love has much to do with the worth of the object of love. But I'd dispute your assessment. I think you're a fine woman, and I think you always try to be the best person you can be.
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I don't have to take a stand by telling other people they're wrong," I'd protested. "What business is it of mine?" "If you love them, it's your business," he'd said firmly. "If their misbehavior is intruding on the happiness and well-being of others, it's your business."
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Charlaine Harris |
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But you can't erase a thought; once you've had it, it's there to stay.
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