Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
BARBARA MERTZI have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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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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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn’t planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I’m not recommending it as a way to write. It’s very sloppy, but it works for me.
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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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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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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
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