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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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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
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The approval of a cat cannot but flatter the recipient.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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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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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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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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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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
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there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
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Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.
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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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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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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.
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Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are - bundles of brittle bones and vulnerable flesh, breeding grounds for billions of deadly germs and horrible diseases.
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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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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Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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