I have no writing habit. I work when I feel like it, and I work when I have to - mostly the latter.
Barbara MertzBut the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended.
Barbara MertzIf all else fails, we will simply have to drug our attendants, overpower the guards, raise the oppressed peasants to arms, and take over the government.
Barbara MertzI disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle.... Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
Barbara Mertz