Elizabeth Peters Quote

Instead of being regarded as intelligent or knowledgeable, many a woman would rather be regarded as beautiful or good in the kitchen; many a man, as handsome or good in bed.

Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal than the elderly.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

Handle a book as a bee does a flower, extract its sweetness but do not damage it.

Wherever Cool is, anyway, I missed it, and now I'm stuck observing these machinations or sex and status and dancing and parties and people sucking at each other under the bleacher seating like some ki...

To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is s...

Be your best proponent, ally, and advocate.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

The downfall of the attempts of governments and leaders to unite mankind is found in this- in the wrong message that we should see everyone as the same. This is the root of the failure of harmony. Bec...

By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.