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Writing is hard for everybody except fools.

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

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Good news! she chirped. The doctor says this time it's triplets!
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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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When you've been around a snake long enough, you learn how to crawl in the dirt.
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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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ignore the pain, play through it.
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Did anybody tell you that you're a few french fries short of a Happy Meal?
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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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Make-up? What happened? You look almost female. Thanks. You look almost straight.
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I guess we're oil and water. (Phoebe) I'd say we're more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan)
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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 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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Ironic, isn't it, what religion does to people? I guess it's more ironic what people do to religion.
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There’s no accounting for the mysteries of the human heart
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Life sure is easier when you're rich. And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part. How could I? she retorted. It's the only thing we have in common.
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So, Beav, tell me about yourself. I'm Blue. Sweetheart, if I had your dubious taste in men, I wouldn't be too happy, either. My name is Blue. Blue Bailey.
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Celebrate the success of others. High tide floats all ships.
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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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The final cover for Heroes Are My Weakness feels exactly right. It reflects the cold, wintry setting of an isolated island off the coast of Maine and the feisty spirit of a heroine who refuses to give up, even when the odds are stacked against her.
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Old radicals never changed. They just got law degrees and updated their bag of tricks.
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