…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
BARBARA MERTZ…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
BARBARA MERTZMost men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
BARBARA MERTZChildren, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
BARBARA MERTZRamses 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.
BARBARA MERTZIt was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
BARBARA MERTZIf you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
BARBARA MERTZMarriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
BARBARA MERTZSpring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
BARBARA MERTZThe approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
BARBARA MERTZConventional history completely ignores half the human race.
BARBARA MERTZI’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.
BARBARA MERTZGiving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
BARBARA MERTZThe only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
BARBARA MERTZstereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
BARBARA MERTZI have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
BARBARA MERTZI sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
BARBARA MERTZ