Scatter Brained

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You’ve just done something really good, and as a result 
of it, you’re gonna die:
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it 
is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever known.”
—
A Tale of Two Cities
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Someone tells you they didn’t like a book you wrote that 
contained a lot of charmingly presented facts and figures 
and observations tenuously connected to one another:
“Well, nobody’s perfect.”
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Some Like It Hot
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Someone tells you they 
did
 like your book, and wouldn’t 
it be nice if you wrote one about the differences between 
oft-confused nouns, like Monet and Manet.
“Th
  at might be the subject of a new story, but our present 
story is ended.”
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Crime and Punishment

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