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A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19) QUOTES

A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19) QUOTES

1 " The men had scattered in all directions, which men are inclined to do when women leave them to their own devices for any length of time. I believe they are easily bored. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

2 " Emerson has what I believe is called a selective memory. He can recall minute details of particular excavations but is likely to forget where he left his hat. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

3 " Men like to create unnecessary organizations and give them impressive or mysterious names; this usually ends in increased confusion, and should therefore be ignored. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

4 " I had refused Emerson's well-meant offers of assistance, knowing his efforts would be confined to moving the furniture to the wrong places and demanding how much longer the process would take. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

5 " Why is a man with a knife after your blood? Who sent him? I would like to write the fellow a letter of thanks! "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

6 " For some reason his parents had a low opinion of his common sense. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

7 " Either the War Office had recruited Ramses - in which case I would have General Spencer's head on a platter - or Ramses had come across something that, in his opinion, merited investigation.... I am never guilty of idle speculation, so I kept an open mind on that. Except that once I caught up with him, I would have Ramses' head on another platter. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

8 " The roar of an angry crowd is one of the most terrifying sounds in the world. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)

9 " You certainly are a repository of useless information. How do you know all that?' David asked, with more amusement than admiration.

'I have a mind like a magpie's, easily distracted by interesting odds and ends,' Ramses admitted. "

― Elizabeth Peters , A River in the Sky (Amelia Peabody, #19)