115 Quotes by Barbara Mertz

Nothing looks as self-satisfied as a contented cat.

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 in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother.

Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake.

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

I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.

The combination of physical strength and moral sincerity combined with tenderness of heart is exactly what is wanted in a husband.--Ameila Peabody

You are softening toward the young rascal because he is ill, and because he says he likes cats." "It is an engaging quality, Emerson." "That depends," said Emerson darkly, "on how he likes them.

No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.

I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.