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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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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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You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married. I'm not getting rid of Pooh. See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise. I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.
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Who needs food? Your smile alone is enough to nourish me for weeks.
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No marshmallows. I don't believe this! I'm going to write the president of General Mills! Don't they have any quality control? I'm sure it's just a fluke Doesn't make any difference whether it's a fluke or not. It shouldn't have happened. When a person buys a box of lucky charms he's got expectations
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There’s no accounting for the mysteries of the human heart
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Cal ’s eyes reflected a weird combination of frenzy and fear as he twisted toward his father. “My God! She’s on her way to becoming the most famous physicist in the country, and she’sdumb as a post ! You arenot having your baby in this house! You’re having it at the county hospital!
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I happen to be immature, undisciplined, and self-centered, pretty much a little boy in a man's body, although I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote me on that. -Bobby Tom
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She glared at him. You're doing it again. What? That thing that irritates me. Smiling? Yes. That.
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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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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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You’re the most important thing in the world to me. I know you don’t believe it, but I’m going to prove it to you.
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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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I married a damned cereal killer
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You have a college degree? You can barely talk.
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Did anybody tell you that you're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal?
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A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.
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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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Good news! she chirped. The doctor says this time it's triplets!
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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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Librarians and romance writers accomplish one mission better than anyone, including English teachers: we create readers for life - and what could be more fulfilling than that?
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