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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

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
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Egyptologist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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Peabody
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Wanted
Tenderness
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The only people who are not in awe of Emerson's powerful voice and well-nigh superhuman strength are the members of his own family. He is aware of this, and often complains about it so from time to time I like to put on a little show of being intimidated. 'Proceed, my dear,' I said apologetically.
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back to page 42 and fix things. I'm not recommending it as a way to write. It's very sloppy, but it works for me.
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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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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Superstition has its practical uses.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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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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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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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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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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