Barbara Mertz
Barbara Mertz
Barbara Mertzwas an American author who wrote under her own name as well as under the pseudonyms Elizabeth Peters and Barbara Michaels. In 1952 she received a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. While she was best known for her mystery and suspense novels, in the 1960s she authored two books on ancient Egypt, both of which have remained in print ever since...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth29 September 1927
CountryUnited States of America
cat way treats
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
men gentleman pay
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
cat silence carrying-on
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.)
watches
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
people world ancient
There are too many people in the world as it is, but the supply of ancient manuscripts is severely limited.
men arrogance surprise
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson
men swooning female
..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.
men thinking credit
I don't think she realized how much she cared for him, or he for her, until the end. Hasn't someone said a woman may be known by the men who love her enough to die for her? (If they haven't, I claim the credit myself.)
girl manipulation cold
I would never have supposed that inexperienced girl was capable of such cold-blooded, calculating manipulation!
favors lap slugs
Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor.
children stupid believe
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.
emotion reason gullibility
When emotion supersedes reason ... gullibility must follow.
sacrifice results martyrdom
Martyrdom is often the result of excessive gullibility.
strong hate sight
It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.