That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
BARBARA MERTZThe way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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There 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.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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Nefret 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.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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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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