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a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.

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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Majesty
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Ought
Joy
Church
Religion
Wells

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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.
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The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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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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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won't have to carry you such a distance.
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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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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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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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