“I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.”Elizabeth Peters
“I have learned that particularly clever ideas do not always stand up under close scrutiny.”Elizabeth Peters The Hippopotamus PoolSource: The Hippopotamus Pool
“If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask.-Emerson”Elizabeth Peters The Last Camel Died at NoonSource: The Last Camel Died at Noon