Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
BARBARA MERTZLoving 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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.
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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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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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..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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. ‘Did she cry?’ she asked sweetly. ‘And then you kissed her? You shouldn’t have done that. I’m sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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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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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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