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A writer didn't need an idea for a book; she needed at least forty. And get was the wrong word, implying that you received an idea as you would a gift.
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It was hate at first sight, clean, pure and strong as grain alcohol.
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so hard to identify.
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
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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.
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Barbara Mertz
Born:
September 29, 1927
Died:
August 8, 2013
(aged 85)
Bio:
Barbara Louise Mertz was 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.
Known for:
Crocodile on the Sandbank (1975)
Red Land, Black Land (1966)
The Master of Blacktower (1966)
Ammie, Come Home (1968)
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