kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
BARBARA MERTZChildren, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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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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..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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The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
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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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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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The 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.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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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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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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I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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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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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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