Barbara Mertz Quotes
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There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
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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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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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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.)
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love has a very dulling effect on the brain
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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 hard-headed person.
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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
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I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take.
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The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody
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I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their sole aim in excavation is to uncover the mysteries of the past and add to the store of human knowledge. They lie. What they really want is a spectacular discovery, so they can get their names in the newspapers and inspire envy and hatred in the hearts of their rivals.
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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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A man asking for help ought to at least give directions.
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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.
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It may take us a little longer to reach the summit, but never fear, we will get there!
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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 are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won't have to carry you such a distance.
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If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
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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 the stem of the rose. He had stripped it of its thorns.
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Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty to me; you men always have some high-sounding excuse for indulging yourselves. You go gallivanting over the earth, climbing mountains, looking for the sources of the Nile; and expect women to sit dully at home embroidering. I embroider very badly. I think I would excavate rather well.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
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The only way to do it is to do it: by writing, writing, writing.
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When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.
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Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point
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A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young.
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I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.
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To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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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?
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I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
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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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