Barbara Mertz

It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.

— Barbara Mertz

I never meant to marry. In my opinion, a woman born in the last half of the nineteenth century of the Christian…

— Barbara Mertz

kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

— Barbara Mertz

Dogs can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for…

— Barbara Mertz

Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.

— Barbara Mertz

Conventional history completely ignores half the human race.

— Barbara Mertz

there is nothing like a garden to rest the soul.

— Barbara Mertz

a church ought to express the joy of religion as well as its majesty.

— Barbara Mertz

Husbands do not care to be contradicted. Indeed, I do not know anyone who does.

— Barbara Mertz

People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment…

— Barbara Mertz

When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.

— Barbara Mertz

Children, I feel, are as much entitled to privacy as human beings.

— Barbara Mertz

Money was the manure of politics.

— Barbara Mertz

Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.

— Barbara Mertz

I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the…

— Barbara Mertz

stereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.

— Barbara Mertz

Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.

— Barbara Mertz

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

Superstition has its practical uses.

— Barbara Mertz

I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.

— Barbara Mertz

Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.

— Barbara Mertz

It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.

— Barbara Mertz

Loving someone condemns you to a lifetime of fear. You become painfully conscious of how fragile people are - bundles of brittle…

— Barbara Mertz

To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.

— Barbara Mertz

Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.

— Barbara Mertz