The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Ramses 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.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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You 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.
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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