Don't sound so surprised. I have sensible moments, you know.
Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat.
So now you have it. The plot, the whole plot, and nothing but the plot.
It was a needless precaution, I felt sure, but men always enjoy marching around with weapons and flexing their figurative muscles, and I saw no reason to deny them this harmless exercise.
Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, I love you, Mother. He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
Emerson is a remarkable person, considering that he is a man. Which is not saying a great deal.
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
Love has a most unfortunate effect on the brain,
No, no, you needn’t slap me; I am not at all hysterical.
I had had my night of weeping...I had purged myself of useless emotions that terrible night, now every nerve every sinew, every thought was bent on a single purpose
Men are so easy to manipulate, poor things.
Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored.
Speculation,' I retorted, 'is never a waste of time. It clears away the deadwood in the thickets of deduction.
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask.-Emerson
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The roar of an angry crowd is one of the most terrifying sounds in the world.
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I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.