Emerson Quote by Elizabeth Peters

“The room was so neat and tidy it made me feel quite depressed...I do not allow myself to repine about what cannot be helped;…

— Elizabeth Peters

“He hesitated for a moment. Then he said softly, 'I love you, Mother.' He took my hand and kissed it, and folded my fingers…

— Elizabeth Peters

“As Ramses did the same for his mother, he saw that her eyes were fixed on him. She had been unusually silent. She had…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Men are so easy to manipulate, poor things.”

— Elizabeth Peters

“For a time Emerson politely endeavored to conceal his boredom - like most men, he is profoundly disinterested in all children except his own…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Stop," he ordered, in a low but compelling voice. "Do not take another step, or I fire! Dash it," he added vexedly, "does the…

— Elizabeth Peters

“Don't sound so surprised. I have sensible moments, you know.”

— Elizabeth Peters

“Have you caught cold?' 'It would appear so.' 'You could give it to Margaret,' Ramses suggested. His uncle turned the tinted spectacles toward him…

— Elizabeth Peters

“...DAMNATION!' No device of the printer's art, not even capital letters, can indicate the intensity of that shriek of rage. Emerson is known to…

— Elizabeth Peters

“What a nice neat deep trench,' I said. 'Er - should Nefret be down in it?' 'She thought she saw a skull,' Ramses said.…

— Elizabeth Peters

“The man had no more romance in his soul than a codfish.”

— Elizabeth Peters

“Stokes is running a little late this morning, ma’am. Like, an emergency, you know.” Being a woman of moderate expectations, Jacqueline accepted the stumbling”

— Elizabeth Peters