It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
BARBARA MERTZThere was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don’t like to read.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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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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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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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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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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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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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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