Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
BARBARA MERTZYou 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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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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 sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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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)
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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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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..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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The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
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