a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
BARBARA MERTZThe opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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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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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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You 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.
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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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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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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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