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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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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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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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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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Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
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Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything - including their own sins.
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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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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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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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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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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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 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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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 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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I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family. Very boring, Emerson.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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