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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.
Barbara Mertz
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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
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Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one.
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