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Who needs food? Your smile alone is enough to nourish me for weeks.

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Enough
Needs
Nourish
Weeks
Smile
Week
Food
Alone

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It must be hard being you,” she said. “Mr. Perfect on the outside. Dr. Evil on the inside.” “It’s not that hard. The rest of the world isn’t as insightful as you.
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You were the best birthday present I ever got. Thank you. I wanted to give you something back, but I've got to warn you that it's not half as good as my present. Even so, you have to keep it. All right. He draped the pink bow around his neck and grinned. Happy birthday, Rosebud.
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Bobby Tom told me he’s not afraid of the Chargers’ defense. Bobby Tom’ll tell you he’s not afraid of nuclear war, so I wouldn’t put too much stock in his opinion.
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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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I take thee... to be my awful wedded husband
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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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I'm just very, very slow. I would not make it as a journalist, I've got to tell you. I sweat bullets over every sentence, and sometimes, you know, a day will pass and I've written one paragraph, and I've been at the computer for four hours.
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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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She reached into the pocket of her dress and threw the small stack of bills at him. They fluttered to the ground like broken dreams. I hope you choke on every penny. Pick that up. She drew back her arm and slapped him as hard as she could.
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I always want to try to bring something fresh to every book. It's getting harder instead of easier. I feel like I work harder with each book. But I don't want it to show on the pages, that's for sure.
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Make-up? What happened? You look almost female. Thanks. You look almost straight.
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Don't mess with me, Calvin. You'll only get hurt.
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ignore the pain, play through it.
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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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A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.
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You have a college degree? You can barely talk.
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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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When you've been around a snake long enough, you learn how to crawl in the dirt.
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