150 Quotes by Elizabeth Peters

I am proud to say discretion has never yet prevented me from doing what is right.

I have been accused of being somewhat abrupt in my actions and decisions, but I never act without thought; it is simply that I think more quickly and more intelligently than most people.

In the gloomy corridor of that sepulchre I had felt Emerson’s arms about me for the first time; along the rubble-strewn floor of the wadi we had raced by moonlight to save those we loved from a hideous death. Every foot of the way was familiar to me, and the spot was as fraught with romance as a garden of roses might be to one who had led a more boring life.

That must be why some people like dogs; they can be made to feel guilty about anything, including the sins of their owners. Cats refuse to take the blame for anything – including their own sins.

One thing led to another, and we were a trifle late going down for dinner.

As I left I heard Ramses say, ‘May I remark, Papa, dat alt’ough your consideration for my sensitivities was quite unnecessary, I am not without a proper appreciation of de sentiment dat prompted it.

No, no, you needn’t slap me; I am not at all hysterical.

A man is at a decided disadvantage when he receives irate brothers and indignant lovers wrapped in a sheet.

No one slaughters a coreligionist with quite as much enthusiasm as a Christian, my dear. Look at their history.