I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
BARBARA MERTZa church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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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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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn’t planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I’m not recommending it as a way to write. It’s very sloppy, but it works for me.
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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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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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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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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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It’s not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,’ said Simmons. ‘Everyone knows you don’t fight like a gentleman.’ ‘That might be called an oxymoron,’ Ramses said. ‘Oh–sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.’ The poor devil didn’t know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and admiration.
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