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.
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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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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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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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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