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 MERTZI 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 MERTZI sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
BARBARA MERTZIf you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
BARBARA MERTZHumor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
BARBARA MERTZReputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
BARBARA MERTZNefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
BARBARA MERTZHe hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
BARBARA MERTZYou 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.
BARBARA MERTZIt may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
BARBARA MERTZMany persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
BARBARA MERTZI don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
BARBARA MERTZMoney was the manure of politics.
BARBARA MERTZExaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
BARBARA MERTZWriting is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
BARBARA MERTZIf someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
BARBARA MERTZThe opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
BARBARA MERTZ