"We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death,……" — Maureen Johnson

"We Deveauxs preferred to talk you to death, rather than face you in physical combat."

— Maureen Johnson

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170 Quotes by Maureen Johnson

Maureen Johnson has 170 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

English rain feels obligatory, like paperwork. It dampens already damn days and slicks the stones.
I may have been a complete lunatic, but I was a complete lunatic with manners.
Kissing is something that makes up for a lot of other crap you have to put up with...It can be…
But we made our own fun, mostly. I recall a time, many years later, when American children seemed unable to…
Having your back scratched is not the only reason to be married, but it is a good one, especially for…
Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry…
A woman who shaves or otherwise depilates her pubic curls has a profound interest in recreational sex.
Guilt isn't always a rational thing, Clio realized. Guilt is a weight that will crush you whether you deserve it…
You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked…
Being an author means, almost by definition, that you make up characters and then complicate their lives. That's it, really.…
My rule is: the second you find yourself doing something you hate, quit doing it.
The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

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More Combat Quotes

This quote is filed under Combat Quotes, one of 519 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable. — Henry Adams
For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all… — Kathryn Bigelow
I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright. — Garth Brooks
I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. — Mel Brooks
I think I'd be a better president because I was in combat. — George H. W. Bush
I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was… — Buzz Aldrin
The only really committed artist is he who, without refusing to take part in the combat, at least refuses to… — Albert Camus
There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat. — Jimmy Carter
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. — Miguel de Cervantes
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into… — Tom Clancy
Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other… — Hillary Clinton
When a believer has crossed into the domain of the spiritual he daily ought to maintain a combat attitude in… — Watchman Nee

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