Barbara Mertz Quotes

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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…
• The opportunity to lecture had restored my good humor.
• He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, "I love you, Mother." He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers round…
• Noble causes have a deplorable effect on the morals of the persons who espouse them.
• When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.
• I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
• It is easier to counterfeit old age than youth.
• Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new…
• Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
• The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
• That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
• 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…
• I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read.
• 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…
• I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very…
• Sometimes the characters develop almost without your knowing it. You find them doing things you hadn't planned on, and then I have to go back…
• The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself…
• Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
• 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…
• Many persons lead lives of crushing boredom.

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