When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
BARBARA MERTZThe trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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Money was the manure of politics.
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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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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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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