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Writing is hard for everybody except fools.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

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Susan Elizabeth Phillips
Age: 75
Born: 1948
Born: December 11
Novelist
Writer
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fools
Except
Fool
Everybody
Hard
Writing

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Phoebe tapped the toe of her sneaker against the dock. “There’s only one good use for a man like Heath Champion.” “Here we go again,” Molly muttered. Phoebe’s lip curled. “Target practice.
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I married a damned cereal killer
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You try spending six months sitting at somebody's bedside, waiting for them to die and then tell me that the happy-ending love story isn't one of God's good gifts.
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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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ignore the pain, play through it.
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If I told you, you might be forced to lie about it. Not that you aren't really good at it, but why put an old man in that position?
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Here’s the life lesson I’ve learned, Fifi: Some people are born to play the hero, and some are born to play the bad guy. Fighting your destiny only makes life harder than it needs to be. Besides, people remember the villain long after they’ve forgotten the hero.
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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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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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Just out of curiosity, sweetheart did you ever talk to your doctor about givin' you some tranquilizers?
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A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.
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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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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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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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When it's your fourth marriage, you tend to lose faith in superstitions.
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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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You have a college degree? You can barely talk.
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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 write about the men you want to read about but don't necessarily want to be married to.
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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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