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1. "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 had, I supposed, been alarmed by Emerson's shouts and hurried to discover what disaster had prompted them. The cat got entangled in Abdullah's skirts and a brief interval of staggering (by Abdullah), scratching (by Horus) and swearing (by both parties) ensued before Horus freed himself and departed." ~ Elizabeth Peters
2. "For a time Emerson politely endeavored to conceal his boredom - like most men, he is profoundly disinterested in all children except his own - ..." ~ Elizabeth Peters
3. "Men are so easy to manipulate, poor things." ~ Elizabeth Peters
4. "It was a needless precaution, I felt sure, but men always enjoy marching around with weapons and flexing their figurative muscles, and I saw no reason to deny them this harmless exercise." ~ Elizabeth Peters
5. "In the silence I heard Bastet, who had retreated under the bed, carrying on a mumbling, profane monologue. (If you ask how I knew it was profane, I presume you have never owned a cat.)" ~ Elizabeth Peters
6. "Everything has happened before - not once, but over and over again. We may not be able to solve our problems through what are pompously called "the lessons of history," but at least we should be able to recognize the issues and perhaps avoid some of the solutions that have failed in the past. And we can take heart in our own dilemma by realizing that other people in other times have survived worse." ~ Elizabeth Peters
7. "Now, Mama, Papa, and sir," said Ramses, "please withdraw to the farthest corner and crouch down with your backs turned. It is as I feared; we will never break through by this method. The walls are eight feet thick. Fortunately I brought along a little nitroglycerin--""Oh, good Gad," shrieked Inspector Cuff." ~ Elizabeth Peters
8. "I do hope you have some money. I'm getting tired of hitting people." ~ Elizabeth Peters
9. "It's not unsporting to thrash a cowardly cad,' said Simmons. 'Everyone knows you don't fight like a gentleman.''That might be called an oxymoron,' Ramses said. 'Oh--sorry. Bad form to use long words. Look it up when you get home.'The poor devil didn't know how to fight, like a gentleman or otherwise." ~ Elizabeth Peters
10. "His masculinity was only too apparent" ~ Elizabeth Peters
11. "Sekhmet crawled onto Ramses's lap and began to purr. 'The creature oozes like a furry slug,' said Ramses, eyeing it without favor." ~ Elizabeth Peters
12. "I knew the answer, and--of course--so did Ramses. He has superb breath control and always gets in ahead of me." ~ Elizabeth Peters
13. "Emerson abandoned irony for blunt and passionate speech.'This war has been a monumental blunder from the start! Britain is not solely responsible, but by God, gentlemen, she must share the blame, and she will pay a heavy price: the best of her young men, future scholars and scientists and statesmen, and ordinary, decent men who might have led ordinary, decent lives. And how will it end, when you tire of your game of soldiers? A few boundaries redrawn, a few transitory political advantages, in exchange for an entire continent laid waste and a million graves! What I do may be of minor importance in the total accumulation of knowledge, but at least I don't have blood on my hands." ~ Elizabeth Peters
14. "Since I am not as stupid as my children believe I am, I had immediately realized this might be a ruse, but I was not at all averse to a confrontation. In fact, I had been hoping for some such thing." ~ Elizabeth Peters
15. "But the dust! And the clutter! My housewifely and scholarly instincts were equally offended." ~ Elizabeth Peters
16. "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 perfectly suited, by family background, religion, and nationality, who were thoroughly miserable.' 'So you believe in taking the chance?' 'Certainly. What is life without some risk?" ~ Elizabeth Peters
17. "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 and ends,' Ramses admitted." ~ Elizabeth Peters
18. "The room didn't look haunted or eerie now;it was only melancholy in it's faded grandeur." ~ Elizabeth Peters
19. "Burckhardt fumbled through his notes. "Dakin and" ~ Elizabeth Peters
20. "For some reason his parents had a low opinion of his common sense." ~ Elizabeth Peters
21. "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 never guilty of idle speculation, so I kept an open mind on that. Except that once I caught up with him, I would have Ramses' head on another platter." ~ Elizabeth Peters
22. "No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it." ~ Elizabeth Peters
23. "Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries." ~ Elizabeth Peters
24. "Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments." ~ Elizabeth Peters
25. "Don't sound so surprised. I have sensible moments, you know." ~ Elizabeth Peters
26. "If she hasn't learned to appreciate my sterling character and spectacular good looks by this time, it's not likely she will." ~ Elizabeth Peters
27. "Nefret had always had an uncanny ability to read his thoughts. 'Did she cry?' she asked sweetly. 'And then you kissed her? You shouldn't have done that. I'm sure you meant well, but kissing someone out of pity is always a mistake." ~ Elizabeth Peters
28. "I had had my night of weeping...I had purged myself of useless emotions that terrible night, now every nerve every sinew, every thought was bent on a single purpose" ~ Elizabeth Peters
29. "I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take." ~ Elizabeth Peters
30. "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 meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)" ~ Elizabeth Peters
31. "love has a very dulling effect on the brain" ~ Elizabeth Peters
32. "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 joined in, shouting questions and brandishing various deadly instruments. The burglar glared wildly at Emerson, bare to the waist and bulging with muscle - at Gargery and his cudgel - at Selim, fingering a knife even longer than Nefret's - at assorted footmen armed with pokers, spits, and cleavers - and at the giant form of Daoud advancing purposefully toward him. 'It's a bleedin' army!' he gurgled. 'The lyin' barstard said you was some kind of professor!" ~ Elizabeth Peters
33. "Emerson,' I said, choosing my words with care, 'it is a sheer drop from the cleft down to the base of the cliff. If you are bent on breaking your arm or your leg or your neck or all three, find a place closer to home so we won't have to carry you such a distance." ~ Elizabeth Peters
34. "...Nefret said with a gusty sigh, 'Well, that's done it. We may as well join in, Ramses, family arguments are the favorite form of amusement here and this looks like being a loud one." ~ Elizabeth Peters
35. "His lips parted, but long years of experience with Ramses, and to some extent, Emerson, had taught me how to turn a conversation into a monologue." ~ Elizabeth Peters
36. "She is fiercely protective of all those she loves, Emerson. She would take your part just as vigorously if someone were unkind to you.''D'you think so?' Emerson considered this idea.'I refuse to pick a quarrel with you so that Sennia can defend you. She'll get over it; just be polite to Gargery.''Damnation,' said Emerson" ~ Elizabeth Peters
37. "What a nice neat deep trench,' I said. 'Er - should Nefret be down in it?''She thought she saw a skull,' Ramses said. 'You know how she is about bones." ~ Elizabeth Peters
38. "The room was so neat and tidy it made me feel quite depressed...I do not allow myself to repine about what cannot be helped; but I remembered earlier Decembers, under the cloudless blue skies and brilliant sun of Egypt.As I stood morosely contemplating the destruction of our cheerful domestic clutter, and recalling better days, I heard the sound of wheels on the gravel of the drive. The first guest had arrived. Gathering the robes of my martyrdom about me, I made ready to receive her." ~ Elizabeth Peters
39. "As the Egyptians say, Ramses can hear a whisper across the Nile." ~ Elizabeth Peters
40. "Can't you ever stop joking?""No, why should I? Laughter is one of the two things that make life worthwhile. Aren't you going to ask what the other one is?" ~ Elizabeth Peters
41. "Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat." ~ Elizabeth Peters
42. "Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter of thanks!" ~ Elizabeth Peters
43. "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." ~ Elizabeth Peters
44. "Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body..." ~ Elizabeth Peters
45. "Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion." ~ Elizabeth Peters
46. "If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask.-Emerson" ~ Elizabeth Peters
47. "There was no warning, not even a knock. The door flew open, and he forgot his present aches and pains in anticipation of what lay in store. The figure that stood in the door was not that of an enemy. It was worse. It was his mother." ~ Elizabeth Peters
48. "..he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females...and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions." ~ Elizabeth Peters
49. "I will tell you a little secret about archaeologists, dear Reader. They all pretend t be very high-minded. They claim that their sole aim in excavation is to uncover the mysteries of the past and add to the store of human knowledge. They lie. What they really want is a spectacular discovery, so they can get their names in the newspapers and inspire envy and hatred in the hearts of their rivals." ~ Elizabeth Peters
50. "A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her." ~ Elizabeth Peters
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