150 Quotes by Elizabeth Peters

I myself have no objection to comfort so long as it does not interfere with more important activities.

Annoyance has an unfortunate effect on one’s literary style; phrases like “work my fingers to the bone” and “sacrifice my own inclinations to the needs of others.

I believe you would square off at Satan if he came around and inconvenienced you!

Speculation,′ I retorted, ’is never a waste of time. It clears away the deadwood in the thickets of deduction.

She was so pitiful as she lay there on the cold, damp ground that only a heart of stone could have been unmoved. There are many hearts of that composition, however.

Cousin John reads Tolkien. No man who does that can be wholly evil.

Our adventures were often more enjoyable in retrospect than in actuality, but if I must choose between danger and boredom I will always choose the former.

And off he marched, his shoulders squared and his eyes lifted to the horizon. He looked so splendid I didn’t have the heart to point out the disadvantages of this posture; when one is striding bravely into the future one cannot watch one’s footing. Sure enough, he stumbled into Ramses’ pile of potsherds and went sprawling.

I may say, without undue egotism, that when I make up my mind to do something, it is done quickly.