That’s maturity-when you realize that you’ve finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
BARBARA MERTZMoney was the manure of politics.
More Barbara Mertz Quotes
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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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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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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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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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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses’s lap and began to purr. ‘The creature oozes like a furry slug,’ said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
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I’ve been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I’m immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I’m a very hard-headed person.
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There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas – an idea a page.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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