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“Nefret was still pouting when Emerson helped her into the carriage. Emerson did not observe the pout. He would not have observed it (men being what they are) even if something had not distracted him.”

Men Girls Mothers And Daughters Oblivious Daughters Obliviousness

Book:The Hippopotamus Pool

Source: The Hippopotamus Pool

“Any man with a grain of sense knows that marriage is the only way, these days, to acquire a full-time maid who works twenty-five hours a day, with no time off and no pay except room and board. (p9)”

Book:Borrower of the Night

Source: Borrower of the Night

“Emerson is a remarkable person, considering that he is a man. Which is not saying a great deal.”

Men Marriage Men And Women Married Life Relationships Life

Book:The Curse of the Pharaohs

Source: The Curse of the Pharaohs

“I have never been able to understand how men can feel affection for individuals who are intent on massacring them in a variety of unpleasant ways, but it is an undeniable fact that they can and do. Witness the immortal verse of Mr. Kipling: "So 'ere's to you, Fuzzy-Wuzzy, at your 'home in the Soudan; You're a pore benighted 'eathen but a first-class fightin' man!" One can only accept this as another example of the peculiar emotional aberrations of the male sex.”

Men Humor Power Aggression Aggressiveness Machismo Warlike Inexplicable Ways

Book:The Last Camel Died at Noon

Source: The Last Camel Died at Noon

“Though Emerson is a firm believer in the equality of the female sex, he has some secret reservations, and one of them involves the car. (There is something about these machines that makes men want to pound their chests and roar like gorillas. I speak figuratively, of course.)”

Men Cars Machismo Automobiles

Book:He Shall Thunder in the Sky

Source: He Shall Thunder in the Sky

“Men are frightful nuisances at times; how much simpler life would be if we women did not have to make allowances for their little peculiarities.”

Men Humor Peabody Elizabeth Peters

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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

“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

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