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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

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
Behave
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Surprise
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Men
Emerson
Arrogance

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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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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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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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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Now, Mama, Papa, and sir, said Ramses, please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin-- Oh, good Gad, shrieked Inspector Cuff.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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 can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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