stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
BARBARA MERTZThere is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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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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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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