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.
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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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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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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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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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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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There 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.
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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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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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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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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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