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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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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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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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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 would not be at all surprised to find that it was for gold that Cain committed the first murder. (It happened a very long time ago, and Holy Writ, though no doubt divinely inspired, is a trifle careless about details. God is not a historian).
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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody
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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 approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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Superstition has its practical uses.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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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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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.' 'That might be called an oxymoron,' Ramses said. 'Oh--sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.' The poor devil didn't know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise.
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