Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
BARBARA MERTZI have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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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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…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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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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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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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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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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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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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