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

Men Humor Amelia Peabody

Book:A River in the Sky

Source: A River in the Sky

“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.”

Men Humor Amelia Peabody Emerson

Book:A River in the Sky

Source: A River in the Sky

“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.”

Amelia Peabody Ramses

Book:A River in the Sky

Source: A River in the Sky

“God help the poor mummy who encounters you, Peabody,” he said bitterly. “We ought to supply it with a pistol, to even the odds.”

Mummy Amelia Peabody

Book:Crocodile on the Sandbank

Source: Crocodile on the Sandbank

“As Ramses did the same for his mother, he saw that her eyes were fixed on him. She had been unusually silent. She had not needed his father's tactless comment to understand the full implications of Farouk's death. As he met her unblinking gaze he was reminded of one of Nefret's more vivid descriptions. 'When she's angry, her eyes look like polished steel balls.' That's done it, he thought. She's made up her mind to get David and me out of this if she has to take on every German and Turkish agent in the Middle East.”

Motherhood Ww1 Amelia Peabody Ramses

Book:He Shall Thunder in the Sky

Source: He Shall Thunder in the Sky

“His lips parted, but long years of experience with Ramses, and to some extent, Emerson, had taught me how to turn a conversation into a monologue.”

Amelia Peabody

Book:Lord of the Silent

Source: Lord of the Silent

“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.”

Men Humor Amelia Peabody

Book:A River in the Sky

Source: A River in the Sky

“...no eyes but mine will read these words. Why, then, the gentle Reader will ask, do I infer his or her existence by addressing her, or him? The answer should be obvious. Art cannot exist in a vacuum. The creative spirit must possess an audience. It is impossible for a writer to do herself justice if she is only talking to herself.”

Art Amelia Peabody The Mummy Case

Book:The Mummy Case

Source: The Mummy Case

“The roar of an angry crowd is one of the most terrifying sounds in the world.”

Amelia Peabody

Book:A River in the Sky

Source: A River in the Sky

“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.”

Humor Amelia Peabody

Book:Crocodile on the Sandbank

Source: Crocodile on the Sandbank

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