Best Barbara Mertz Sayings
- I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me. Ahead
- There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay… Ache
- ...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… Amusement
- Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not… All
- 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… Bad
- Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you… All
- 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… Amelia
- It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance? Advance
- Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice... Advice
- A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her. Blamed
- love has a very dulling effect on the brain Brain
- Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously… Able
- But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended. Clutter