19 Quotes by Elizabeth Peters about humor
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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.
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...Peabody had better retire to her bed; she is clearly in need of recuperative sleep, she has not made a sarcastic remark for fully ten minutes.
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Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter of thanks!
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Don't sound so surprised. I have sensible moments, you know.
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If she hasn't learned to appreciate my sterling character and spectacular good looks by this time, it's not likely she will.
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So now you have it. The plot, the whole plot, and nothing but the plot.
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I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.
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Have you caught cold?''It would appear so.''You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him and then, unexpectedly, bust into laughter. 'What a charming idea. Will you aid and abet me when I catch her in a close embrace and breathe heavily on her?
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I don't know why I should have been so pleased to see Lucas behaving like a gentleman for a change. I never liked the man... But of course I know why. I would have defended Satan himself if he had been in disfavor with Emerson.
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