Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
BARBARA MERTZa church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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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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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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Ramses 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.
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Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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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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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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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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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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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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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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