Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
BARBARA MERTZIt may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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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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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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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.)
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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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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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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 do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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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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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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