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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 the credit myself.)
Elizabeth Peters
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
..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
Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice.
Elizabeth Peters
When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing.
Elizabeth Peters
If 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.
Elizabeth Peters
No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it.
Elizabeth Peters
I 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.
Elizabeth Peters
Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page.
Elizabeth Peters
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
Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body.
Elizabeth Peters
I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.
Elizabeth Peters
The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify.
Elizabeth Peters
It is much more sensible to be an optimist instead of a pessimist, for if one is doomed to disappointment, why experience it in advance?
Elizabeth Peters
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
A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her.
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 meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)
Elizabeth Peters
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
Elizabeth Peters
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point.
Elizabeth Peters
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
Elizabeth Peters
I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
Elizabeth Peters
Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion.
Elizabeth Peters
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