I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
BARBARA MERTZYou are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats.” “It is an engaging quality, Emerson.” “That depends,” said Emerson darkly, “on how he likes them.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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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 am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don’t know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don’t bother to become interesting.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.
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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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..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 man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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I don’t think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn’t someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven’t, I claim the credit myself.)
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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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I knew the answer, and–of course–so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me.
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I do hope you have some money. I’m getting tired of hitting people.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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.
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