When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
BARBARA MERTZSekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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I 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).
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Money was the manure of politics.
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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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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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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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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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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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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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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