I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
BARBARA MERTZI knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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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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Money was the manure of politics.
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That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn’t planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I’m not recommending it as a way to write. It’s very sloppy, but it works for me.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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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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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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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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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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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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