He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, “I love you, Mother.” He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
BARBARA MERTZI 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.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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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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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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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Emerson,’ I said, choosing my words with care, ‘it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won’t have to carry you such a distance.
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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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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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I would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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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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