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.)
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them. - Barbara Mertz
Cats always pick the laps of the people who don't like them.
- Barbara Mertz
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices. - Barbara Mertz
Reputations are shaped not by facts but by prejudices.
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice. - Barbara Mertz
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor. - Barbara Mertz
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents. - Barbara Mertz
That's maturity-when you realize that you've finally arrived at a state of ignorance as profound as your parents.
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 peo… - Barbara Mertz
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 peo…
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread. - Barbara Mertz
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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… - Barbara Mertz
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…
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and … - Barbara Mertz
People who relate what they believe to be new and startling information like to have such information received with exclamations of astonishment and …
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