A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
BARBARA MERTZSpring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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It’s not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,’ said Simmons. ‘Everyone knows you don’t fight like a gentleman.’ ‘That might be called an oxymoron,’ Ramses said. ‘Oh–sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.’ The poor devil didn’t know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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