…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.
BARBARA MERTZIt may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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I had refused Emerson’s well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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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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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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