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There is a point at which curiosity becomes unbearable, when it becomes an obsession, like hunger.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
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Mary Roberts Rinehart
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 12
Died: 1958
Died: September 22
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Pittsburg
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To the bottle! In infancy, the milk bottle in our prime, the wine bottle in our dotage, the pill bottle.
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People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.
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the calm of a place like Bellwood is the peace of death without the hope of resurrection.
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It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.
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Useless as a pulled tooth.
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A little work, a little sleep, a little love and it's all over.
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Enemies are an indication of character.
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