Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
BARBARA MERTZGetting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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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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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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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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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to – mostly the latter.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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