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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Maguire
Jerry
Hey
Everybody

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Thanks to April,” she whispered, “you have the wedding you’ve dreamed about ever since you were a little girl.” Dean’s boom of laughter was one more reason she loved this man with all her heart.
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Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people? I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.
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[Bobby Tom] finally understood Gracie's function in his life. She was God's joke on him.
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Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat.
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Meg! I love you! I want to marry you! That's weird, she said without stopping. Only six weeks ago, you were telling me all about how Lucy broke your heart. I was wrong. Lucy broke my brain.
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Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.
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I don't care how much evidence the state presented. I've never for one moment believed he murdered that waitress.
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In case you still haven't figured it out, he loves you. Your tiger will be back in the morning, and you can thank me anytime. Now, do I have to paint another picture for you, or do you think you can take it from here by yourself without screwing up?
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Fear goes hand-in-hand with artistic creation, and no amount of success will make the fear go away entirely.
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When it's your fourth marriage, you tend to lose faith in superstitions.
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Get inside before I spank you in public. There it was again, another of his maddening threats. Did that mean he wouldn't spank her if she did as he said or that he simply planned to spank her in private? She was still mulling over the whole unpleasant concept when he started the truck.
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There’s no accounting for the mysteries of the human heart
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You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.
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It runs in the family. And don't expect me to be ashamed. Yankees lock away loony relatives, but down here, we prop 'em up on parade floats and march 'em through the middle of town.
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I don't love you anymore, she whispered. I don't love you at all. His throat closed. It's all right, sweetheart. I love you enough for both of us.
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There was something about a man with a shovel, and the sweat on his neck might as well have been chocolate sauce. It wasn't fair. Brains and brawns should be two separate categories, not bundled into one irresistible package. She needed to pull herself together before she went after him with a spoon. But where to start?
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Be the best at what you're good at
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I think this is the way love feels to people like you and me. Threatening and dangerous. We have to be in control, and love takes that away. People like us… We can't tolerate vulnerability. But despite our best efforts, sooner or later love seems to catch up with us. And then…And then we fall apart.
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They've drunk everything in the house, including a pitcher of African violet plant food I'd just mixed up and was stupid enough to leave on the counter. Tremaine punched Eddie in the shoulder. I told you it tasted weird. Eddie shrugged. Tasted okay to me.
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I hate to admit this, but some days hearing about other people's problems actually cheers me up.
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