Barbara Mertz Quotes

...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.

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 at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing.

I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!

Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson

There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.

When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.

Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.

I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people.

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.

If someone lies down and invites you to trample upon him, you are a remarkable individual if you decline the invitation.

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

Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.

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

His masculinity was only too apparent