When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
BARBARA MERTZThe 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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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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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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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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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Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for 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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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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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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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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