Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
BARBARA MERTZYour trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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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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Love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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When emotion supersedes reason … gullibility must follow.
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Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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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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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.
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