there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
BARBARA MERTZAnother dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands 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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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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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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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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The only people who are not in awe of Emerson’s powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it; so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. ‘Proceed, my dear,’ I said apologetically.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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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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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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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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Superstition has its practical uses.
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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It’s not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,’ said Simmons. ‘Everyone knows you don’t fight like a gentleman.’ ‘That might be called an oxymoron,’ Ramses said. ‘Oh–sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.’ The poor devil didn’t know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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