I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
BARBARA MERTZSometimes 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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females…and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.
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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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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