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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
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Egyptologist
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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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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 have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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 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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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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 only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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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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...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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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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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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Cats always made up to the people who hated them the most. Depending on how you chose to look at it, it was a touching manifestation of trust, or a malicious pleasure in human discomfort.
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It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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