I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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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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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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I had refused Emerson’s well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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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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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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