Peculiar or not, it is my idea of pleasure. Why, why else do you lead this life you don't enjoy it? Don't talk of duty to me; you men always have some high-sounding excuse for indulging yourselves. You go gallivanting over the earth, climbing mountains, looking for the sources of the Nile; and expect women to sit dully at home embroidering. I embroider very badly. I think I would excavate rather well.
Barbara Mertzstereotypes are awfully misleading. There are typical librarians, but not all librarians are typical.
Barbara MertzHumor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
Barbara MertzI can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
Barbara Mertz