In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
BARBARA MERTZNoble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family.” “Very boring, Emerson.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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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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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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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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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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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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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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I had refused Emerson’s well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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