Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
BARBARA MERTZI would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn’t planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I’m not recommending it as a way to write. It’s very sloppy, but it works for me.
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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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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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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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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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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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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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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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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