Patricia C. Wrede Quote Explained: Murphy is a writer's best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he'll steal the silver.

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Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

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Talking

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Of course it doesn’t make sense.” Lady Wendall said. “The rules of society rarely do.

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Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you’d rather not.

- Patricia C. Wrede

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She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

- Patricia C. Wrede

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Laughing

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That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

- Patricia C. Wrede

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How can you know it’s the best, if you don’t learn about anything else?

- Patricia C. Wrede

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You can’t force folks to have good sense, even if they’re family. Maybe especially then.

- Patricia C. Wrede

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Murphy is a writer’s best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he’ll steal the silver.

Murphy is a writer’s best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he’ll steal the silver.

Nine times out of ten, talking is a way of avoiding doing things.

Of course it doesn’t make sense.” Lady Wendall said. “The rules of society rarely do.

Sometimes, though, you have to do things for family, even if you’d rather not.

She who laughs last may not invariably laugh best, but she does laugh.

That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others.

How can you know it’s the best, if you don’t learn about anything else?

You can’t force folks to have good sense, even if they’re family. Maybe especially then.

I had tears coming out of my eyes. And it was the characters that got me there.

If we could but paint with the hand what we see with the eye.

Hell, covering all with its gloomy vapors, has cast shadows on even the holiest eyes.

The glory of my name increases my shame. Less known by mortals, I could better escape their eyes.

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

Something came out from my heart into my throat and then into my eyes.

All kinds of frankness and honesty are terrible crimes in the eyes of society. Explain

My eyes feel all soft, all soft as flesh. I’m going to sleep. Explain

Murphy is a writer’s best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he’ll steal the silver.

Murphy is a writer’s best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he’ll steal the silver.

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