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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.

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
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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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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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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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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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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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
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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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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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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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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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