…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.
BARBARA MERTZ…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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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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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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don’t like them.
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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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His masculinity was only too apparent
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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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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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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