I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian era suffered from enough disadvantages without willfully embracing another.
BARBARA MERTZA man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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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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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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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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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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Superstition has its practical uses.
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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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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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