Quote

Spring is always cruel, with its false promise of resurrection.

Barbara Mertz

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
Resurrection
Cruel
False
Spring
Promise
Always

More quotes by Barbara Mertz

Image
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
Barbara Mertz
Image
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.
Barbara Mertz
Image
there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.
Barbara Mertz
Image
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
Barbara Mertz
Image
If all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
Barbara Mertz
Image
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
Barbara Mertz
Image
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.)
Barbara Mertz
Image
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
Barbara Mertz
Image
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.
Barbara Mertz
Image
I sometimes wonder what it would be like to be the respected patriarch of an ordinary English family. Very boring, Emerson.
Barbara Mertz
Image
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.
Barbara Mertz
Image
It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
Barbara Mertz
Image
If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
Barbara Mertz
Image
kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.
Barbara Mertz
Image
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
Barbara Mertz
Image
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
Barbara Mertz
Image
...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.
Barbara Mertz
Image
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
Barbara Mertz
Image
The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
Barbara Mertz
Image
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.
Barbara Mertz