The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
BARBARA MERTZIn 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.)
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
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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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His masculinity was only too apparent
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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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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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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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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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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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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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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal – or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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