“ The cat Horus shot out from under the table and headed for the door, his ears flattened and his tail straight out. There he encountered Abdullah, who had been waiting for us on the verandah and who ha… Elizabeth Peters
“ As Ramses did the same for his mother, he saw that her eyes were fixed on him. She had been unusually silent. She had not needed his father's tactless comment to understand the full implications of Fa… Elizabeth Peters
“ 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 t… Elizabeth Peters
“ I have never been able to understand how men can feel affection for individuals who are intent on massacring them in a variety of unpleasant ways, but it is an undeniable fact that they can and do. Wi… Elizabeth Peters
“ DAMNATION!'No device of the printer's art, not even capital letters, can indicate the intensity of that shriek of rage. Emerson is known to his Egyptian workers by the admiring sobriquet of Father of… Elizabeth Peters
“ You certainly are a repository of useless information. How do you know all that?' David asked, with more amusement than admiration.'I have a mind like a magpie's, easily distracted by interesting odds… Elizabeth Peters
“ Have you caught cold?''It would appear so.''You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him and then, unexpectedly, bust into laughter. 'What a char… Elizabeth Peters
“ You know how your eyes can deceive you at times--how a group of shapes and shadows can take on a certain form and then shift into another? It wasn't really like that; there was no physical change in h… Elizabeth Peters
“ Either the War Office had recruited Ramses - in which case I would have General Spencer's head on a platter - or Ramses had come across something that, in his opinion, merited investigation.... I am n… Elizabeth Peters
“ I would be the first to admit that my maternal instincts are not well developed--though in defense I must add that the raising of Ramses would have discouraged any woman. Elizabeth Peters
“ Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments. Elizabeth Peters
“ Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes. Elizabeth Peters
“ Bless the ladies and their charming inconsistency! They demand to be treated like men, but they react like women. Elizabeth Peters
“ I 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 mee… Elizabeth Peters
“ God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody, he said bitterly. We ought to supply with a pistol, to even the odds. Elizabeth Peters
“ They will have difficulties to overcome,' I admitted. 'Including the differences in their religions. However, marriage is always a chancy business, Katherine. I have known individuals who appeared per… Elizabeth Peters
“ I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. Elizabeth Peters
“ He smiled affably at the burglar, a burly fellow whom he continued to hold with one hand, as easily as if he had been a child. The entire household had been aroused, and a good number of them had join… Elizabeth Peters
“ Have I mentioned to you, Peabody, that one of the reasons I adore you is that you are more inclined to beat people with your umbrella than fall weeping on your bed? Elizabeth Peters
