Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
BARBARA MERTZthere is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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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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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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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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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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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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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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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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