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title: "2 Desk Pressed Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [“Oh!” This was said brightly, as if she was happy he had noticed. “I decided I needed my own workspace, instead of constantly infringing upon yours. So I had a few of the boys move a desk in here.” He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-mallory/oh-this-was-said-brightly-as-if-she-was-happy-he-had-noticed-i/)

[Anne Mallory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-mallory/)

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> [“With no sums to keep his conscience at bay, the black book loomed large, creeping into his line of sight. He scanned the room for something else to do. The harness still needed work. And he'd been meaning to fix…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-witemeyer/with-no-sums-to-keep-his-conscience-at-bay-the-black-book-loomed/)

[Karen Witemeyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-witemeyer/)

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