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As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do.
Georgette Heyer
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Georgette Heyer
Age: 71 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 16
Died: 1974
Died: July 4
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Georgette Heyer Rougier
Stella Martin
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Talking to you is like -- like talking to an eel! No, is it? I've never tried to talk to an eel. Isn't it as waste of time? Not such a waste of time as talking to you!
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I am relieved. May I now have the truth?
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I can't imagine what possessed you to propose to me. Well that will give you something to puzzle over any time you can't sleep.
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I have seen what comes of being patient, Amanda said with a boding look. And I have no opinion of it. What does come of it? Inquired Sir Gareth. Nothing!
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