Elizabeth Peters: Female

Elizabeth Peters was American author and egyptologist. Explore interesting quotes on female.

Elizabeth Peters: 52 quotes 2 likes

“I disapprove of matrimony as a matter of principle…. Why should any independent, intelligent female choose to subject herself to the whims and tyrannies of a husband? I assure you, I have yet to meet a man as sensible as myself! (Amelia Peabody)”

Elizabeth Peters Crocodile on the Sandbank

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Intelligence

“I do not scruple to employ mendacity and a fictitious appearance of female incompetence when the occasion demands it.”

Elizabeth Peters

Appearance

“.. he continues to cling to the forlorn hope that I will turn into one of those swooning females… and fling myself squeeling at him whenever anything happens. Like all men, he clings to his illusions.”

Elizabeth Peters The Last Camel Died at Noon

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