You 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.
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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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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…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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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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His masculinity was only too apparent
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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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Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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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.
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