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Tea is So Intoxicating (British Library Women Writers Book 6) by Mary Essex

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It was entirely the fault of the government. All the poor people were becoming so rich in such an atrocious way that it left well-intentioned ladies of the manor like herself to study their passbooks very closely indeed.

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In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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― Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God

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“Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”
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