I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
BARBARA MERTZThe trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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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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He 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.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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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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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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