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.
BARBARA MERTZRamses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
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When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.
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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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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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..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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Money was the manure of politics.
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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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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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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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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Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.
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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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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are – bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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