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"I have declared that patience is never more than patient. I too have declared, that I who am not patient am patient."

"Until the stone becomes soft, it cannot attach itself to the wall."

"My master wishes to see you," said the mounted man."When the planting's done," I said."Lord Barton is unaccustomed to waiting.""Then he should rejoice, for he'll learn something new today." I went back to the garden. Soon the servant left."

"When expectations delay for too long, doubt draw nearer in haste and patience goes farther."
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"I try, and I think I succeed, in making my readers feel sorry for my psychopaths, because I do."


"I've had two proposals since I've been a widow. I am a wonderful catch, you know. I have a lot of money."


"I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid."
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