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Quote by Margaret Halsey
I doused the fatal instrument with lightning promptitude, but it w

I doused the fatal instrument with lightning promptitude, but it was a good seven minutes before the last indignant handkerchief had folded its wings and gone back to its reticule and the last manufactured cough died protestingly away. – Margaret Halsey

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He has the common feeling of his profession. He enjoys a statement twice as much if it appears in fine print, and anything that turns up in a footnote… takes on the character of divine revelation. – Margaret Halsey

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Tio stepped to the counter and bought a little black cigar that was strong enough to do push-ups. – James Street (1903–1954), “The Grains of Paradise”

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