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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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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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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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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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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