there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
BARBARA MERTZI’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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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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Money was the manure of politics.
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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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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.–Ameila Peabody
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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…Nefret said with a gusty sigh, ‘Well, that’s done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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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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I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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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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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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