The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
BARBARA MERTZThe only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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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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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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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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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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