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.
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.
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.
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor. - Barbara Mertz
Exaggeration is the cheapest form of humor.
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…
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 …
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…
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread. - Barbara Mertz
To argue without knowledge is like trying to weave without thread.
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