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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
Writer
Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
Counterfeit
Youth
Easier
Age

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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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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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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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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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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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..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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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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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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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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