To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
BARBARA MERTZMany persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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There is nothing sadder than the cheerful letters of the dead, expressing hopes that were never fulfilled, ambitions that were never achieved, dreams cut off before they could come to fruition.
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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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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Money was the manure of politics.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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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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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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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Sometimes 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.
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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