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Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.

Barbara Mertz

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Barbara Mertz
Age: 85 †
Born: 1927
Born: September 29
Died: 2013
Died: August 8
Archaeologist
Author
Egyptologist
Novelist
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Canton
Illinois
Elizabeth Peters
Barbara Michaels
Barbara Louise Mertz
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But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
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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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Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
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stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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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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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
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Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man.
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Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.
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Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.
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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 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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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
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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 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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Superstition has its practical uses.
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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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Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.
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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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