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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.

Barbara Mertz

That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Ignorance Maturity Profound
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Funny Want Women
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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Gentleman Men Pay
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.
BARBARA MERTZ

Book Three Way
There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Ancient People World
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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Another Body Every Year Years
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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English Ordinary Sometimes Wonder
Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Noble Political Politics
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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Beautiful Hero Nice
Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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Promise Resurrection Spring
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 MERTZ

Disease Loving People Someone
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
BARBARA MERTZ

Clever Ideas Scrutiny
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Exaggeration Form Humor
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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Book Idea Needs
stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Librarian Stereo Typical
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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Bird Looks Writing

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.

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