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““It is never so difficult to congratulate a friend on her good fortune than when that fortune appears undeserved.””

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“I have enough trouble living with my own neurosis without coping with other people’s.”

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“It had always been a part of his job which he found difficult, the total lack of privacy for the victim. Murder stripped away…

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“On the whole I’m glad; you can’t mourn for unborn grandchildren when there never was a hope of them. This planet is doomed anyway.…

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“Dalgliesh was too experienced to assume that fear implied guilt; it was often the most innocent who were the most terrified.”

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“The young seldom lie convincingly. They haven’t had time to practise like the rest of us.”

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“It is doubtful whether Mrs Bennet missed the company of her second daughter, but her husband certainly did. Elizabeth had always been his favourite…

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“She had quickly learned that to show unhappiness was to risk the loss of love.”

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I never believed in trying to do anything. Whatever I set out to do I found I had already accomplished.

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“ever day Maureen is Selfish To her friend and Family One she get mad at her friend and family and She need to Grad…

Maureen Andeson

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I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.

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Friends are like stars you can't always see them, but you know they're there.

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If you love some one for who they are not for there body or how many friend so when you say I love you…

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“But my best friend from college was silent for a long time. She, of all of my friends, had seen the parade of sad…

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You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late…

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“way. A true friend isn't the one that agrees with everything you say or do. A true friend is someone that has your back…

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