Elizabeth Peters quotes

If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson. (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 the credit myself.) View quote
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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. View quote
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..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. View quote
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Your trousers are on fire. I would have told you, but you so dislike advice. View quote
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When one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one's footing. View quote
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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. View quote
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No woman really wants a man to carry her off; she only wants him to want to do it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Getting an idea for a book is not the problem, but you need 300 ideas - an idea a page. View quote
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I do, however, think it would be difficult to write books I don't like to read. (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.) View quote
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Another dead body. Every year it is the same. Every year, another dead body. View quote
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I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it. View quote
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The trouble with unknown enemies is that they are so difficult to identify. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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A lady cannot be blamed if a master criminal takes a fancy to her. View quote
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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) View quote
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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. View quote
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Marriage, in my view, should be a balanced stalemate between equal adversaries. (Elizabeth Peters)
Most men are reasonably useful in a crisis. The difficulty lies in convincing them that the situation has reached a critical point. View quote
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Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments. View quote
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny. View quote
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Humor is an excellent method of keeping a tight rein on unproductive displays of emotion. View quote
Elizabeth Peters

Elizabeth Peters

Occupation: American Author
Born: September 29, 1927
Died: August 8, 2013
Quotes count: 33

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