I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
BARBARA MERTZThere was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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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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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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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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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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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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